# Senior Purchasing Specialist

Title: Senior Purchasing SpecialistKBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets. KBR is seeking an experienced Senior Purchasing Specialist to provide procurement execution support for a major pharmaceutical capital project. This role serves as the primary commercial interface for assigned equipment, materials, and service packages and is responsible for managing cradle-to-grave procurement activities including sourcing, bid management, supplier negotiations, contract administration, supplier performance management, and procurement governance. The Senior Purchasing Specialist works closely with Engineering, Project Management, Construction, Quality, Supply Chain, and supplier partners to ensure procurement activities support project safety, quality, schedule, cost, and operational objectives. Functional Job Responsibilities Will Include But Are Not Limited To: Execu

- **Id**: 3758860
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/kbr-senior-purchasing-specialist-3>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Newark, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T17:54:09Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T15:45:41Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6004
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Flexible schedule, Life insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Biotechnology, Military Logistics, Space Services, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 4344
- **Name**: KBR
- **Domain**: kbr.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/kbr>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 468
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.985
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 14
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T17:54:09Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 57
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.63
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: conf:8, stale_co, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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