Senior Procurement Consultant - Renewable Energy Capital Programmes & Projects

Overview

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. We transform challenge into opportunity and turn complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., and Turner & Townsend and CBRE provide clients with a premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Please visit our website:

Job Description

Reporting to an established Renewable Energy Procurement lead, you will help our clients deliver major capital programmes and projects for green technologies to provide more sustainable energy sources for customers and the community. We have opportunities for people with a passion for renewable energy and major capital programmes and projects to join our expanding Procurement team within Contract Services, across our UK offices, as we respond to increasing demand from clients.

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, within a market leading global professional services business and collaborating with an outstanding team of specialist procurement consultants.

We are the first consultancy to be recognised by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) for excellence in procurement processes in the construction sector. Our Team received a Procurement Excellence Programme Award for excellence in procurement and supply chain activities.

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 on exciting transformational energy investments.

• Lead or support procurement engagements across multiple programmes, projects, and commissions, helping clients progress towards better green, sustainable outcomes across numerous renewable energy asset types
• Deliver and continually improve clients’ performance and meet targets across key capital procurement themes
• Support the development of renewable energy procurement services provided by Turner & Townsend
• Lead or support business development for renewable energy procurement and the marketing requirements of the wider Contract Services capability
• Provide hands-on support to deliver team and wider business targets in Turner & Townsend, including Business Generation, Service Excellence, Operational and People growth objectives

We are looking for individuals with knowledge and experience in embedding excellence into end-to-end procurement activities, in addition to core skills across end-to-end procurement, supply chain management and/or contract management. This includes a mix of the following:

• 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)

At Turner & Townsend we develop our teams and provide opportunities to progress within an entrepreneurial and growing team, through delivering large scale projects, mentoring, and specific procurement training and development, becoming trusted experts in major programmes and projects capital procurement.

Turner & Townsend encourages a Hybrid method of working to provide work-life balance. We support individuals in achieving MCIPS status and offer regular…