Overview

Turner & Townsend is a leading global consultancy with around 3,000 employees in the UK and over 6,000 globally. We are a growing organisation with a strong reputation for quality and recent recognition in rankings such as the Times PWC Top Track 250. Our values are Love a Challenge, Stronger Together and Bring out the Best in Everyone, guiding our purpose and how we work.

We help major global clients deliver challenging and highly technical projects in over 130 countries. Our Contract Services team has over 140 employees across the UK, delivering services to public and private sector clients with a focus in central and local government, defence, transport, power and utilities.

We promote a dynamic, innovative and client-focused culture with an inclusive environment. Our people work on exciting projects and benefit from depth of expertise, integrity and quality of delivery.

The Opportunity

This role reports to an established Renewable Energy Procurement lead and helps our clients deliver major capital programmes and projects for green technologies to provide more sustainable energy sources for customers and communities. We have opportunities within our expanding Procurement team in Contract Services across UK offices as demand for our services grows.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop their career, skills and knowledge by working with industry-leading organisations across the UK and globally, contributing to large-scale flagship programmes and projects within a market-leading global professional services business.

We are the first consultancy to be recognised by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) for excellence in procurement for the construction sector and have received a Procurement Excellence Programme Award for our procurement and supply chain activities.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead procurement engagements across multiple programmes, projects and commissions, helping clients achieve green, sustainable outcomes across various renewable energy asset types.
• Deliver and continually improve clients’ performance and meet targets across key capital procurement themes.
• Drive the development of renewable energy procurement services offered by Turner & Townsend.
• Lead and drive business development for renewable energy procurement and support marketing for the wider Contract Services capability.
• Provide hands-on leadership and contribute to team and broader business targets in areas such as Business Generation, Service Excellence, Operational and People growth.
• Act as a business leader, coach and developer of talent and exemplify Turner & Townsend’s leadership behaviours.

We are seeking individuals with knowledge and experience embedding excellence into end-to-end procurement activities and with core skills in end-to-end procurement, supply chain management and/or contract management. This includes the following areas:

• Major capital programmes and projects procurement strategy and lifecycle management
• 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 is desirable but not essential:

• Hydro-Electric
• Onshore and Offshore Wind
• Tidal
• Energy from Waste
• Hydrogen
• Solar
• Carbon Capture
• Net Zero
• Biofuels
• Geothermal
• Combined Heat & Power (CHP)

The Offer

We support professional development and provide opportunities to progress within an entrepreneurial and growing team. This includes working on large-scale projects, mentoring and coaching from industry leaders, procurement training and development, and becoming a trusted expert in major programmes and projects capital procurement.

Turner & Townsend supports a hybrid working approach to promote work-life balance and encourages pursuit of MCIPS status with ongoing professional development.

There are opportunities to travel nationally and internationally to service and manage key commissions for our blue-chip client portfolio.

Qualifications

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

• Ideally a degree related to Procurement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business Management or similar.
• Candidate should have achieved, be working towards or be willing to work towards at least Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply.
• Security Clearance (SC) – currently valid or can be reinstated; not essential.

Experience

• Wider procurement consulting experience from client, contractor or professional services environments.
• Experience in responsible sourcing areas including human rights, environment, HSE, anti-bribery & corruption, and labour practices.
• Good understanding of the UK and international energy sector, related technologies and regulatory environments (desirable).
• Experience of successful supplier engagement.

Behaviours

• Confident, independent and able to work autonomously without supervision.
• Ability to manage work, business development and career development activities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in compiling reports and research documentation.
• Client-facing with strong stakeholder collaboration.
• Good IT skills and interest in tools, systems and data.
• Driven to achieve results and collaborate within a team to reach outcomes.

Additional Information

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. We are a global property consultancy working across the UK and internationally, with a focus on flexible working that respects work-life balance.