Procurement Consultant - Renewable Energy Capital Programmes Projects

Reporting to an established Renewable Energy Procurement lead you will be helping our clients to deliver major capital programmes and projects for green technologies to provide more sustainable energy sources for customers and the community at large.  We have opportunities for people with a passion for renewable energy and major capital programmes and project to join our expanding Procurement team within Contract Services across our UK offices as we respond to the increasing demand for our services from our clients.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop their career skills and knowledge through working with industry leading organisations across the UK and globally making a tangible impact on large scale flagship programmes and projects challenging themselves in a market leading global professional services business and working with an outstanding team of specialist procurement consultants.

We are the first consultancy to be recognised by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) for excellence in the procurement processes that it provides for clients in the construction sector. Our Team received a Procurement Excellence Programme Award demonstrating excellence in our procurement and supply chain activities.

The Opportunity

This role will provide the opportunity to further your capital procurement and consultancy experience working with highly skilled teams to deliver industry leading programmes and projects advice to large global brands and on some of the most exciting transformational energy investments.

Main Expectations

• To provide procurement support across multiple programmes projects and commissions helping clients progress towards better green sustainable outcomes across numerous renewable energy asset types
• To deliver and continually improve clients performance and meet targets across key capital procurement themes
• Support the development of the renewable energy procurement services provided by T&T
• To support the business development for renewable energy procurement and the marketing requirements of the wider Contract Services capability
• To support the delivery of both team and wider business targets in T&T

We are looking for individuals with knowledge and experience with embedding excellence into endtoend procurement activities in addition core skillssets and experience across endtoend procurement supply chain management and/or contract management. This includes a mixture of the following:

• Major capital programmes and projects procurement strategy and implementation
• Contract management
• Supply chain intelligence
• Supplier evaluation strategies
• Supply chain management
• Contract terms negotiation and award

Experience in one or more of the following technologies (including but not limited to) is desirable but not essential:

• HydroElectric
• Onshore and Offshore Wind
• Tidal
• Energy from Waste
• Hydrogen
• Solar
• Carbon Capture
• Net Zero
• Biofuels
• Geothermal

The Offer

At T&T we pride ourselves on professionally developing our teams offering a unique opportunity to rapidly progress their career within an entrepreneurial and growing team. This is achieved through a mixture of delivering large scale projects whilst being supported by project teams and leaders mentoring and coaching from industry leading professionals specific procurement training and development delivered both online and face to face and becoming trusted experts in major programmes and projects capital procurement.

Turner & Townsend encourages a Hybrid method of working to provide a practical work and life balance that recognises the challenges that life brings.  We are keen to ensure that our team delivers industry leading practice on our Procurement projects and therefore we encourage and support individuals to achieve MCIPS status for CIPS and regular Professional Development will be available to further skills and knowledge.

Further opportunities are available to travel both nationally and internationally to service and manage key commissions for our bluechip client portfolio.

Qualifications :

To deliver value for our clients we are looking for a mixture of the following:

• Preferably has a degree related to one of the following: Procurement Supply Chain Sustainability Business Management or similar disciplines
• Has achieved is working towards or is willing to work towards at least Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply
• Security Clearance (SC) currently valid or could be reinstated not essential

Experience

• Wider procurement consulting experience gained from either client contractor or      professional services organisation
• Experience of key responsible sourcing areas including human rights environment health and safety antibribery & corruption and labour practices
• Good understanding of UK and international energy sector related technologies and regulatory environments is desirable
• Experience of successful supplier engagement

Behaviours

• Confident independent and able to work autonomously without need for supervision
• Be able to manage work/business development/career development activities
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Experienced and confident in compiling reports and research documentation
• Confident in a client facing role and collaborating with stakeholders
• Good IT skills and a real interest in tools systems and data
• Driven to get results
• Ability to collaborate and work within a team to achieve desired outcomes

Additional Information :

T&T is a leading global property consultancy with around 3000 employees in the UK and over 6000 globally. We are a growing organisation with high ambitions and recently ranked number 1 in the Times PWC Top Track 250. This is a dynamic and innovative company quick to respond to market trends and with a reputation for quality.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy productive and flexible working environment that respects worklife balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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