Karen Bieraugel

Karen Bieraugel, B.Sc, CPA, CGA

Procurement Manager
Rangelander since 2002

As procurement manager, Karen directs a team of buyers, expediters and quality assurance personnel on domestic and international projects ranging in size from $1 million to over $400 million. As a skilled team leader with over 20 years of experience, she works closely with her colleagues in all disciplines providing procurement support throughout engineering, fabrication, construction and commissioning.

An effortless multi-tasker, Karen thinks strategically, negotiates fiercely and applies her eagle eye to every detail she touches.

Karen is a Chartered Professional Accountant who studied at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (1999), and she holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Calgary (1991).

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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi

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Expertise

  • Full cycle procurement and logistics for a wide range of commodities from complex process equipment, electrical equipment, instrumentation and buildings to bulk commodities (pipe, valves, fittings, steel, cable, and electrical fittings) and consumables.
  • Cost control and project accounting, incl. zero balance accounting
  • Risk assessment, cash flow management support, change management support, contract administration and negotiation including review of Terms and Conditions.

Featured Projects

  • Procurement Coordinator Montney Phase 1 and 2, ConocoPhillips
  • Procurement coordinator | Redwater Fractionation Site II and II, Pembina NGL Corporation
  • Procurement coordinator | Ethelyne Storage, Pembina NGL Corporation
  • Procurement coordinator | Redwater Condensate Terminal, Pembina NGL Corporation
  • Procurement coordinator | Salt Caverns Program, Pembina NGL Corporation
  • Procurement coordinator | Fort Saskatchewan Plant Expansion, Plains Midstream
  • Procurement coordinator | Oil Battery Program, Cenovus
  • Procurement coordinator | Project Diamond, Provident
  • Procurement coordinator | C3+ Program, Pembina NGL Corporation
  • Procurement coordinator | SAGD Firebag 2 Project, Suncor

Additional Project Experience

  • Procurement coordinator | Various Projects in Yemen, Canadian Occidental Petroleum (Nexen)
  • Procurement coordinator | Various Projects in Kazakhstan, Canadian Occidental Petroleum (Nexen)
  • Procurement coordinator | Tabnak Gas Plant Expansion (Iran), Gas Tech International
  • Procurement coordinator | Test Separator Project (Cuba)

Affiliations

  • Chartered Professional Accountant, CPA Alberta
  • Member Supply Chain Management Alberta