Fabrication Shop Material Purchaser

About the role

Canoco is looking for a Material Purchaser to support our fabrication shop and project teams. This role is responsible for sourcing, purchasing, expediting, tracking, and coordinating materials, consumables, rentals, and outside services required for fabrication and project execution. The successful candidate will work closely with the shop manager, project managers, estimators, QA/QC, receiving, accounting, vendors, and field teams to ensure material is ordered correctly, delivered on time, properly documented, and charged to the right project.

Key responsibilities

• Purchase materials, consumables, rentals, and services required for Canoco’s fabrication shop and project work.
• Source pipe, fittings, flanges, valves, structural steel, plate, bolts, gaskets, welding consumables, shop supplies, and project‑specific materials.
• Review material requests, MTOs, BOMs, drawings, and project requirements before ordering.
• Send RFQs to suppliers, compare quotes, confirm lead times, and recommend best‑value options.
• Issue and manage purchase orders in accordance with Canoco procedures and track open orders to expedite deliveries.
• Communicate material status, shortages, delivery risks, and supplier issues to shop and project teams.
• Support QA/QC by ensuring required documentation such as MTRs, C of Cs, heat numbers, and test records is obtained.
• Coordinate returns, credits, damaged goods, shortages, overages, and replacement materials.

Required profile

• Experience purchasing for a fabrication shop, construction contractor, mechanical contractor, industrial maintenance group, or similar environment.
• Working knowledge of pipe, fittings, flanges, valves, structural steel, plate, bolts, gaskets, welding consumables, and shop materials.
• Ability to read and understand material takeoffs, BOMs, drawings, isometrics, requisitions, and fabrication packages.
• Strong attention to detail and follow‑up skills with suppliers and internal teams.
• Ability to work under schedule pressure and identify missing information before ordering.
• Good understanding of cost codes, purchase orders, receiving, invoices, and project cost control.

Required skills

• ERP systems
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office suite