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 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 three core Values are Love a Challenge, Stronger Together and Bring out the Best in Everyone, and we bring these to life in everything we do. Every day we help our major global clients deliver challenging and highly technical projects in over 130 countries worldwide. Our Contract Services team has over 140 employees and delivers services to public and private sector clients with a focus in central and local government, defence, transport, power and utilities.

Job Description

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

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop their career, skills, and knowledge by working with industry leading organisations across the UK and globally, making a tangible impact on large scale flagship programmes and projects, 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 procurement processes for clients in the construction sector. Our Team received a Procurement Excellence Programme Award for excellence in procurement and supply chain activities.

The Opportunity

This role provides the opportunity to further capital procurement and consultancy experience, working with highly skilled teams to deliver industry leading programmes and projects advice to large global brands and on exciting energy investments.

Main Expectations

• Provide procurement support across multiple programmes, helping clients progress towards better green, sustainable outcomes across renewable energy asset types
• Deliver and continually improve clients’ performance and meet targets across key capital procurement themes
• Support the development of renewable energy procurement services provided by Turner & Townsend
• Support business development for renewable energy procurement and marketing requirements of the wider Contract Services capability
• Support the delivery of team and wider business targets in Turner & Townsend

We are looking for individuals with knowledge and experience in embedding excellence into end-to-end procurement activities, plus core skills in end-to-end procurement, supply chain management and/or contract management. This includes a mix 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:

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

The Offer

We pride ourselves on developing our teams, offering a unique opportunity to progress their career within an entrepreneurial and growing team. This includes delivering large scale projects, mentoring and coaching from industry professionals, specific procurement training and development, and becoming trusted experts in major programmes and projects capital procurement.

Turner & Townsend encourages a hybrid working method to provide work-life balance. We support individuals to achieve MCIPS status for CIPS and provide regular professional development to enhance skills and knowledge. 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 mixture of the following:

• Preferably a degree related to 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 from client, contractor, or professional services organisation
• Experience in responsible sourcing areas including human rights, environment, health and safety, anti-bribery & corruption, and labour practices
• 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
• Ability to manage work, business development, and career development activities
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Experience in compiling reports and research documentation
• Confident in a client-facing role and collaboration with stakeholders
• Good IT skills with an interest in tools, systems, and data
• Driven to get results
• Ability to collaborate and work within a team to achieve 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.

Please find out more about us at the URL: www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Note: It is strictly against policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.