Procurement Delivery Lead – Electric Capital Construction

Procurement Delivery Lead – Electric Capital Construction

Job Location:

Waltham, MA Wage Range: $75-85/Hour Job Number: NGGJP One year contract to hire full time

Job Description:

Procurement Delivery Lead – Electric Capital Construction

About the Role:

Our client is seeking a Procurement Delivery Lead – Electric Capital Construction to support NE Electric capital delivery construction procurement activity. This is a contractor role operating at a manager level as a senior individual contributor. The role will be the right hand to the director and will provide hands-on procurement, sourcing, commercial, bid execution, and process improvement support for complex electric construction work.

Key Accountabilities

• Capital Construction Bid Execution
• Construction Procurement and Commercial Strategy
• Thought Leadership and Strategic Improvement
• Process Improvement, Standardization, and Scalability
• Procurement Manager and Category Team Support
• Stakeholder Partnership and Business Alignment
• Supplier and Market Engagement
• Governance, Controls, and Documentation

Required Skills and Experience

• 7+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, commercial management, contract negotiation, supply chain, vendor management, construction contracting, or capital project procurement.
• Significant experience supporting construction sourcing, infrastructure procurement, utility procurement, energy projects, EPC/EPCM environments, capital projects, or complex field services.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing RFPs, RFQs, bid packages, pricing schedules, evaluation models, negotiation plans, sourcing strategies, and award recommendation materials.
• Strong understanding of construction procurement and contracting considerations, including scope definition, pricing structure, schedule commitments, safety requirements, labor availability, change orders, claims risk, insurance, bonding, warranties, and payment milestones.
• Proven ability to assess supplier capacity, contractor qualifications, market constraints, labor availability, commercial risk, and delivery feasibility.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills, with the ability to balance cost, risk, quality, schedule, safety, affordability, and stakeholder needs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement, introduce new ways of working, standardize tools and templates, and implement practical operating model improvements.
• Ability to provide thought leadership, constructive challenge, and strategic recommendations while remaining highly execution-focused.
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders, including project management, engineering, construction, legal, finance, risk, safety, operations, and senior leadership.
• Ability to operate independently in a senior individual contributor capacity while influencing managers, stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise, executive-ready updates, sourcing summaries, risk assessments, improvement plans, and decision materials.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to bring structure, prioritization, and follow-through to multiple complex sourcing events and improvement initiatives.
• Experience with procurement tools and systems such as SAP, Ariba, e-sourcing platforms, Excel, PowerPoint, dashboards, and sourcing trackers.

Preferred Experience

• Direct experience with electric utility construction categories such as transmission, distribution, substations, civil construction, underground construction, overhead line work, emergency response, or related capital delivery services.
• Experience working in a regulated utility, energy, public infrastructure, engineering, construction, or capital project delivery environment.
• Familiarity with construction delivery models such as EPC, EPCM, design-bid-build, design-build, alliance contracting, master service agreements, contractor panels, and framework agreements.
• Experience supporting large-scale capital programs with multiple stakeholders, compressed timelines, high spend, complex governance, and significant business visibility.
• Experience improving procurement…