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Supply chain manager (accelerator project)

Employer
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN)
Location
Belgium
Salary
Unspecified
Posting live until
28 Apr 2023

Job Details

You will:

  • offer practical support to technical project teams;
  •  participate in negotiations and resolving issues with suppliers;
  •  define and manage logistic solutions for all external supplies where needed;
  •  prepare proposals for programme wide supply framework agreements.

We are ready to design build our accelerator. Are you?

Together with a large team of ambitious engineers and researchers, SCK CEN wants to solve the nuclear waste issue and develop new medical radioisotopes to treat cancer patients by means of the MYRRHA project (www.myrrha.be ). The MYRRHA project’s first implementation phase (start of commissioning scheduled for 2027) consists of a ≈160m long, superconducting, high power proton accelerator with one of a kind reliability and two target facilities for research into radioisotopes, radioactive ion beam physics and nuclear fusion reactor materials. To help us achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for a supply chain manager for managing a multi-million € investment pipeline.

Responsibilities:

  • offer practical support to technical project teams with the aim of developing and documenting project requirements for setting-up public procurement files. This includes capturing and analyzing procurement needs, advising on procurement strategies, supporting market research, coaching technical experts in formulating their technical specifications, gathering information and finalizing project inputs for the Purchasing department;
  • closely collaborate with Purchasing and Legal department for establishing and implementing purchase agreements. Take initiative to optimize the process where needed, with focus on quality and efficiency. Define and implement additional work instructions as required. Together with Purchasing, decide upon optimum planning of the MINERVA tender pipeline, monitor execution and take initiative to anticipate/ resolve potential issues;
  • participate in negotiations and resolving issues with suppliers. Follow-up execution of selected purchase agreements;
  • define and manage logistic solutions for all external supplies where needed;
  • prepare proposals for programme wide supply framework agreements in selected areas and, once established, ensure their implementation;
  • set the framework for asset management in MINERVA. Bring the asset management in practice;
  • consult with MINERVA cost controller and quality manager on financial/ quality aspects.

To join this frontier, you’ll need

    MSc (or similar through experience), preferably in engineering sciences.

  • have at least 5 years of experience in the following areas: supply chain management (preferably in the context of large engineering projects in a technological/ research environment), issuing/negotiating technical specifications and delivery terms & conditions, follow-up and coordination of the execution of procurement contracts, application of asset management tools and processes;
  • experience with the Belgian legislation on public tendering is a strong asset;
  • fast learner with the ability to quickly familiarize with high-tech environment;
  • strategic thinker, combined with strong organizational and implementation skills, able to approach the matter at hand with a broad perspective, including all aspects (contractual, technical, executional);
  • hands-on mindset with a strong sense of urgency;
  • excellent in oral and written communication. Express (him / her)self fluently in English, and in Dutch or French, both orally as in writing.

Deadline 16/04/2023

Company

Belgian digital

We explore. Driven by our passion for science. Boosted by our unique infrastructure. We sound out the frontiers. We expand our knowledge in various nuclear areas. However many horizons we may explore, we always pursue the same objective: developing innovative applications for society.

Why work for us
At SCK CEN, we are on the forefront. By developing new knowledge and innovative applications, we move the line of what nuclear science can do for society. Each day, we are driven by a relentless ambition to build our expertise and achieve our goals. We are immersed in a world of unique technology, open discussion and discovery, together with other capable and curious minds.

SCK CEN works actively on the design and construction of a new multi-purpose research plant: MYRRHA (www.myrrha.be), which stands for Multi-purpose HYbrid Research Reactor for High-tech Applications. MYRRHA is a versatile research infrastructure but above all, unique. It is the world’s first research reactor driven by a particle accelerator. The special feature of this unique configuration – Accelerator Driven System (ADS) – is the “subcritical” core of the reactor. The core does not have enough fissile material to spontaneously keep the chain reaction going.

So that’s why we have to build the most reliable super conducting high-power proton linac in the world. A linac can be designed with fewer interruptions in the beam’s proton flow than a cyclotron. While the accelerator will be almost 300 m long and reach 600 MeV proton beam energy in the final configuration, the first stage is limited to 100 MeV. This project part is called MINERVA and is in full development. It will allow the demonstration of the required reliability concepts and at the same time it will be used to deliver beam to users in two experimental irradiation facilities.

The aim is to be able to beam-commission the installation in 2027 so as to start with the development of innovative medical radioisotopes and perform fundamental research in physics. In the next phase, we will aim for an energy level of 600 MeV. In the third phase, the research reactor will be built. So we have a lot of work to do.

What we are looking for

Are you searching for a challenge that contributes to solving some of society’s most important issues, such as closing the nuclear fuel cycle, transforming the lives of cancer patients or conducting fundamental physics research? Don’t look any further and apply.


Location
Mol, Brussels, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Number of employees
850

Main areas of research
Nuclear, physics

Positions recently recruited for
We have recruited to a variety of positions in the accelerator field: vacuum engineers, power converter engineers, beam diagnostics engineers. We are now looking to recruit LLRF engineers, beam diagnostic engineers, supply chain manager and electrical engineers

How to apply
Apply online at www.sckcen.be/en/careers/vacancies

Closing date
All year round

Contact
E-mail tomas.sergooris@sckcen.be
www.sckcen.be

Company info
Website
Telephone
+32 (0)14 33 83 09
Location
Boeretang 200
B-2400
Belgium

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