Safety Specialist jobs in Orange, CA

At VFS, A Fortis Fire & Safety Brand, we provide industry-leading fire protection services across the United States. Our ever-growing footprint can be seen in California, Florida, Texas, and Chicago and we are acquiring new brands all the time.

Our team provides a full spectrum of specialized and certified service professionals to support your company and protect your building with the peace of mind of properly installed and maintained fire and life safety systems.

Here at Fortis and throughout our family of brands, we value our employees and offer competitive benefits which include:

• 2 weeks of paid vacation
• 1 week of paid sick time
• 10 Company Paid Holidays
• Other paid time off (jury duty, bereavement)
• Competitive pay
• 401k with company match
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Company-paid Short-term Disability
• Supplemental Long-term Disability and Life Insurance Packages
• Legal Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Career Advancement Opportunities

Position Summary

• The Procurement Specialist requests quotes for price and delivery and procures goods and services for the branch operations team.
• Essential Duties & Responsibilities
• Requests quotes for price and delivery based on specifications received from sales, estimating, design, and operations.
• Procures goods and services for operations teams.
• Issues purchase orders according to proper policies and procedures.
• Provides technical guidance to ensure compliance with professional and departmental standards.
•  Assists departments in obtaining information on requested products and in the preparation of purchase specifications.
• Maintains documentation of buying transactions.
• Reviews and monitors incoming requisitions, confirming orders.
• Serves as a resource in solving customer or vendor problems.
• Investigates discrepancies and reports findings, such as invoice discrepancies.
• Prepares local bid invitations.
• Documents all related activities and completes forms and reports.

Required Qualifications

• Education – High school diploma or GED
• Experience – 3 years of related experience in purchasing
• Knowledge of - 
  • Purchasing modules of ERP systems
  • MS-Outlook, MS-Excel (basic knowledge)

Preferred Qualification

• Experience in the Construction industry
• Experience in a Services industry

Compensation $33/hour

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the Team member is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The Team member is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The Team member is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and climb stairs, or balance. The Team member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.