Senior Procurement Consultant

Company Description

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At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Job Summary:

At AECOM we help our clients to deliver the most iconic and complex building and infrastructure projects in the world. We do this by leveraging our world-class talent, scale and unique service offering to produce results. It’s one thing to imagine a better world. AECOM was built to deliver it.

 We have commenced a journey to build a market leading contracts and procurement service to support our clients to deliver their high-value and complex infrastructure projects. We strive to offer excellence across the full procurement lifecycle, from front-end advisory to develop the optimum procurement strategy through to effective delivery of procurement competitions.

If you think you can help us on our journey and if you thrive working in a client facing environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Key objectives of the role:

Provide high-quality procurement advice and support to AECOM’s infrastructure clients on their flagship projects:

• Contribute your expertise to the development of the procurement service offering.    
• Provide procurement strategy advice including leading clients through the process of designing the optimum delivery model, contract strategy, commercial model and route to market for their project.
• Lead the competitive procurement process including market engagement, supplier shortlisting, tender document development, tender management, evaluation and negotiation.
• Provide advice on commercial topics including incentive models and performance management.   
• Support work winning activity including identifying leads with existing AECOM clients and contributing to proposal documentation.

Minimum requirements:

• Working knowledge of EU procurement regulations and application to publicly funded construction projects
• Proven capability delivering complex procurement projects over a sustained period.
• Broad range of project experience.
• Enjoys being accountable and takes pride in the quality of their work.
• Can work independently while being confident to approach colleagues for support when required.
• Can evidence high levels of commercial acumen and the benefits this has delivered to various projects.

 Preferred technical knowledge:

• Rail, transport, aviation, utility sector understanding.
• Standard contract forms including PWC, NEC or FIDIC
• Public Contract Regulations understanding

Qualifications

• Relevant degree, for example, in business, engineering or science
• CIPS qualified or equivalent (preferred)

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrep