Technical Project Buyer

Cranleigh STEM; Waverley; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Bonus

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Pension 5%

25 days holiday

Share option scheme

Job summary

Cranleigh STEM is seeking an experienced Technical Project Buyer to help turn engineering designs into real, working equipment. You’ll work directly with engineers to understand technical requirements, review drawings and specifications, and identify suppliers capable of delivering complex, bespoke equipment.

This isn’t a transactional purchasing role. You’ll take ownership of sourcing strategies, RFQs and supplier negotiations, ensure on-time delivery, and help develop procurement processes to

Qualifications

• Background in technical procurement within engineering or manufacturing.
• Comfortable interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications.
• Experience supporting new product introductions or complex engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Work with engineers to understand technical requirements and review drawings and specifications.
• Own sourcing strategies, RFQs, supplier negotiations and delivery.
• Help develop procurement processes to support future products.
• Identify suppliers capable of delivering complex, bespoke equipment.

Skills

Technical procurement

Engineering drawings interpretation

Supplier management

RFQ management

Negotiation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

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