Procurement Officer

Guidera O Connor Pty Ltd; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Lunches provided

Additional annual leave

15 days personal leave

Wellbeing program

Recognition program

Job summary

Guidera O'Connor Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced Procurement Officer to join our commercial team in Bibra Lake, WA. You will oversee end-to-end procurement and support material planning for our water projects, ensuring timely delivery and value.

You will work with project teams and suppliers, developing procurement strategies and negotiating contracts while maintaining ethical procurement practices and strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Proven experience and understanding of procurement principles.
• Solid analytical skills with good attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships.
• Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple demands and priorities.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen and integrity in procurement practices.

Responsibilities

• Support project teams to plan for procurement of goods and services to meet project requirements.
• Manage the end-to-end procurement process from planning to contract execution, including strategy development, bid evaluation, and negotiations.
• Provide strategies to manage supplier costs and delivery times and mitigate supply chain risks.
• Support purchasing activity including the issue of purchase orders as directed by project teams.
• Work with contract administrators to reflect Head Contract terms in supplier contracts where appropriate.
• Act as intermediary between engineering, commercial and external suppliers throughout procurement processes.

Skills

Procurement principles

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Commercial acumen

Integrity

Stakeholder management

Procurement

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Procurement Officer to join our growing commercial team based in Bibra Lake, WA.
The Procurement Officer will play an integral role in the successful delivery of Guidera O'Connor's numerous projects delivering one of WA's most essential services - water. The role is primarily responsible for the end-to-end procurement process and support of material planning activities essential to meet project requirements.

More specifically you will:

• Support the project teams to plan for the procurement of the goods and services required to meet project requirements
• Manage the procurement process (with input from project managers and subject matter experts) from acquisition planning to contract execution, including development of procurement strategies, evaluation of bids, analysis of costs, clarifications and contract negotiations
• Offer strategies and solutions to project teams to ensure supplier costs and delivery times are managed effectively and work closely with project teams to mitigate supplier or supply chain risks.
• Support purchasing activity including the issue of purchase orders as directed by project teams
• Work with contract administrators to ensure that Head Contract terms and conditions are reflected in supplier contracts where appropriate, and risks are reasonably allocated.
• Act as the intermediary between engineering, commercial and external suppliers throughout all procurement processes

As our ideal candidate you will have:

• Proven experience and understanding of procurement principles
• Procurement experience in a similar industry.
• Solid analytical skills with good attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
• Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple demands and priorities.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen
• High level of integrity and commitment to ethical procurement practices.

If you meet most, but not all, criteria, we'd still love to hear from you. We are also happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to attract the highest calibre candidates.

About Us:

From desalination plants providing clean water to Australian communities, to treatment facilities that return wastewater safely to the environment, Guidera O'Connor designs and delivers tailored solutions that make a real difference to people’s lives.

Guidera O'Connor designs, constructs, and commissions water treatment plants, pumping stations, chemical dosing systems, filtration, odour control, desalination plants, aquifer storage and recovery and reuse systems.

We work with customers across Australia, including water authorities, local government, mining and resources companies, private asset owners, head contractors and engineering organisations.

Our business is founded on five guiding principles: Care, Integrity, Passion, Respect, and Future, each of which inform our collaborative, innovative, solutions-focused approach.

More than infrastructure, we deliver value, creating the systems that make safe, clean water possible for people and communities across the country, now and into the future.

About our Benefits:

In return for your skills and experience, we offer you supportive colleagues and inspiring leadership; training & development opportunities; meaningful and interesting work all within a great culture and work environment. We also offer:

• Free parking
• Site and office lunches provided
• Additional annual leave for service milestones and purchased leave
• 15 days personal leave each year
• Company-funded wellbeing program with wellbeing benefit paid annually on a wide range of health and wellbeing related expenses
• Regular recognition and celebration of success

At Guidera O'Connor we respect and value a diverse, inclusive, and belonging workplace. We strongly encourage applications from people of all genders, ages, and cultures.

We are committed to reconciliation action and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all positions.
Further, we are committed to real progress toward gender equity in the engineering and construction
industry and strongly encourage applications from female candidates for all positions.