Procurement Specialist

This SkillBridge opportunity is a 90-day training program that prepares transitioning service members for continued development toward a civilian career as a Procurement Specialist or in a related procurement, expediting, supplier coordination, or project support role. Participants will gain practical exposure to the procurement function supporting utility-scale renewable energy and construction projects, including solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), substations, transmission and distribution, and other project scopes.

Under the mentorship of experienced procurement professionals, participants will learn how procurement supports project execution, schedule certainty, supplier performance, and risk mitigation. Training will include procurement systems and documentation, purchase order and subcontract tracking, supplier follow-up, delivery milestone monitoring, expediting logs, Project Procurement Plans, project-team coordination, and escalation of supplier or delivery risks.Participants will observe and support procurement activities such as requests for proposal, bid evaluation, supplier communications, order acknowledgement, drawing and submittal tracking, fabrication progress, inspection and test milestones, shipping documentation, and delivery status updates. Assignments will progress from guided observation to supervised practice and increased ownership of low-risk tracking activities, with regular coaching and feedback from an assigned sponsor and mentor.The program will also strengthen transferable skills in attention to detail, prioritization, business communication, relationship building, professional judgement, documentation accuracy, risk awareness, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration. Participants will work with procurement, project management, engineering, construction, logistics, suppliers, subcontractors, and other internal stakeholders.