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Company Description
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.
At T&T we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Our three core Values are Love a Challenge, Stronger Together and Bring out the Best in Everyone, these bring T&T's Purpose and Values to life in everything we do, now and in the future.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver challenging and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.
Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Our Contract Services team has over 140 employees located in our offices or seconded within client teams across the UK. We deliver services to a range of 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 be helping our clients to deliver major capital programmes and projects for green technologies to provide more sustainable energy sources for customers and the community at large. We have opportunities for people with a passion for renewable energy and major capital programmes to join our expanding Procurement team within Contract Services, across our UK offices.
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop their career, skills, and knowledge through working with industry leading organisations across the UK and globally, making a tangible impact on large scale flagship programmes and projects, challenging themselves in a market leading global professional services business and collaborating with an outstanding team of specialist procurement consultants.
This role will provide the opportunity to further your capital procurement and consultancy experience, working with highly skilled teams to deliver industry leading programmes and projects advice to large global brands and on some of the most exciting transformational energy investments.
Main Expectations
* Lead or support procurement engagements across multiple programmes, projects, and commissions, helping clients progress towards better green, sustainable outcomes.
* Deliver and continually improve clients' performance and meet targets across key capital procurement themes.
* Support the development of the renewable energy procurement services provided by T&T.
* Lead or support the business development for renewable energy procurement and the marketing requirements of the wider Contract Services capability.
* Provide hands-on support for the delivery of team and wider business targets in T&T encompassing Business Generation, Service Excellence, Operational and People based growth objectives.
We are looking for individuals with knowledge and experience with embedding excellence into end-to-end procurement activities, including:
* Major capital programmes and projects procurement strategy and implementation throughout the procurement lifecycle.
* 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 is desirable but not essential:
* Hydro-Electric
* Onshore and Offshore Wind
* Tidal
* Energy from Waste
* Hydrogen
* Solar
* Carbon Capture
* Net Zero
* Biofuels
* Geothermal
* Combined Heat & Power (CHP)
The Offer
At T&T we pride ourselves on professionally developing our teams, offering a unique opportunity to rapidly progress their career within an entrepreneurial and growing team. This is achieved through a mixture of delivering large scale projects whilst being supported by project teams and leaders, mentoring, and coaching from industry leading professionals, specific procurement training and development delivered both online and face to face.
Turner & Townsend encourages a Hybrid method of working to provide a practical work and life balance. We are keen to ensure that our team delivers industry leading practice on our Procurement projects and therefore we encourage and support individuals to achieve MCIPS status for CIPS.
Qualifications
* Preferably has 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 gained from either client, contractor, or professional services organisation.
* Experience of key responsible sourcing areas including human rights, environment, health and safety, anti-bribery & corruption, and labour practices.
* Good 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.
* Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
* Experienced and confident in compiling reports and research documentation.
* Confident in a client facing role and collaborating with stakeholders.
* Good IT skills and a real interest in tools, systems, and data.
* Driven to get results.
* Ability to collaborate and work within a team to achieve desired 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.
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