Technical Project Buyer

Cranleigh Scientific; Waverley; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Hybrid work

Private medical insurance

Employer pension contribution

25 days’ holiday

Job summary

H-Power is seeking a Technical Project Buyer to turn engineering designs into real, working equipment. You’ll work directly with engineers to understand technical requirements, review drawings and specifications, challenge decisions and identify suppliers capable of delivering complex, bespoke equipment.

This role focuses on strategic procurement, not transactional buying—leading RFQs, supplier negotiations and delivery, while developing robust procurement processes for future products.

Qualifications

• Background in technical procurement within engineering or manufacturing.
• Comfort interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications.
• Experience supporting new product introduction, capital equipment, or complex engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing strategies and manage supplier qualifications.
• Run RFQs, negotiate with suppliers, and manage delivery to project milestones.
• Collaborate with engineers to convert designs into purchasable components.
• Help develop procurement processes to support future products.

Skills

Engineering procurement

Sourcing bespoke equipment

RFQ management

Technical drawing interpretation

Job description

Enjoy the technical side of procurement, not just the commercial negotiations?

What if you could get involved earlier in engineering projects, influence equipment selection and take ownership of sourcing for an innovative new hydrogen technology?

H-Power is developing its HY5 ammonia cracking technology, designed to produce hydrogen where it's needed.

As the business prepares for commercial deployment, we're looking for an experienced Technical Project Buyer to help turn engineering designs into real, working equipment.

This isn't a transactional purchasing role.

You'll work directly with engineers to understand technical requirements, review drawings and specifications, challenge decisions and identify suppliers capable of delivering complex, often bespoke equipment.

From pressure vessels and valves to specialist mechanical and electrical assemblies, you'll manage procurement across a technically demanding engineering programme.

You'll take ownership of sourcing strategies, RFQs, supplier negotiations and delivery, while helping develop the procurement processes needed to support future products.

It's a role with genuine independence, where your technical understanding and commercial judgement will be valued.

What experience will you need?

You'll have a background in technical procurement within engineering or manufacturing, ideally sourcing bespoke, low-volume or high-value equipment.

You'll be comfortable interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications, working with engineers and managing suppliers from initial enquiry through to delivery.

Experience supporting new product introduction, capital equipment or complex engineering projects would be particularly relevant.

You don't need to be an engineer, but you do need to understand what you're buying and have the confidence to ask the right technical questions.

What's on offer?

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience
• Bonus
• Hybrid working - 4 days on-site, 1 from home
• Private medical insurance
• 5% employer pension contribution
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• Company share option scheme, subject to approval

Cranleigh STEM & Sustainability has been selected as H-Power's exclusive recruitment partner for this opportunity