Commercial Officer / Procurement

Turner & Townsend; West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a procurement and contract management professional to support the NS Defence portfolio in the South East. You will develop procurement documentation, identify risks, support tendering and negotiation, and ensure governance and compliance across programmes.

The role suits candidates with public sector procurement experience, a solid commercial judgement, and the ability to work within sensitive security contexts requiring UK SC clearance.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Business, Procurement or Project Management or equivalent experience.
• Experience with public sector procurement and DSPCR PCR or Procurement Act 2023 is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop procurement and commercial documentation and lead where appropriate.
• Identify and mitigate risks
• Support tendering and negotiation
• Ensure governance and compliance

Skills

Procurement

Contract management

Risk management

Project management

Commercial judgement

Education

Business/Procurement/PM qualification

DSPCR/PCR/Procurement Act 2023 knowledge

Tools

NEC, FIDIC, JCT contracts

Job description

At Turner & Townsend, we are passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

The National Security & Defence Infrastructure South East Cost Centre provides support to projects that range in complexity and size with our service offerings spanning across Programme and Project Management, Project Planning, Cost Engineering, Risk Management, and Commercial Disciplines.
We provide support to the full project lifecycle both pre-contract and post contract, delivering infrastructure projects on behalf of our clients, that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £200M.

Due to growing client requirements, we are actively looking to expand the team and have talented individuals join us who will support our NS & Defence client portfolio, whilst further developing their career, working on a range of complex and challenging commissions.

Important: Before applying, due to the sensitive nature of these projects, you must be a SOLE UK National who is able to achieve and maintain UK MoD Security Clearance (SC). See Security Clearance Section.

Job Description

What You’ll Do

• Develop procurement and commercial documentation (e.g. strategy, tender documents etc.), leading where appropriate.
• Identify and mitigate risks,
• Support tendering and negotiation activity
• Ensure governance and compliance

What You Will Bring

• Some experience in procurement or contract management
• Some experience of managing risks and supplier performance
• Understanding of project/programme management
• Strong commercial judgement

Qualifications

• Professional qualification(s) in Business, Procurement/Supply Chain Management, Law, Project Management or a similar relevant discipline, or an equivalent level of relevant experience.This may include being part way through the study of these qualifications.
• Trained in, or holds a sufficient level of experience in public sector procurement, ideally incorporating, Defence and Security Public Contracting Regulations (DSPCR), the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) and/or the Procurement Act 2023.

Bonus Skills

• Knowledge of NEC, FIDIC or JCT

Additional Information

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 work-life 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.

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

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