Senior Procurement Specialist

5 days ago


North East, United Kingdom Costain Group PLC Full time
Job Description
The Senior Procurement Specialist will play a critical role in supporting the delivery of projects, ensuring procurement is done efficiently, within budget, and to the highest quality while exceeding customer expectations. This includes managing contracts, identifying contractual and commercial risks and opportunities, and addressing them in a timely manner. The successful candidate will have significant commercial experience preferably in the water sector and hold or nearing completion of Full Membership of RICS or CICES.

Responsibilities:
  • Manage contracts and ensure procurement is done efficiently, within budget, and to the highest quality.
  • Identify contractual and commercial risks and opportunities and address them in a timely manner.
  • Report to the Project Director/Commercial Manager.
  • Familiarity with business systems, spreadsheet development, cost analysis, programme evaluation, and compensation event assessment.

About the Company
Costain Group PLC is a leading infrastructure solutions company in the UK water sector. We have been appointed by Northumbrian Water to the Living Water Enterprise, helping shape and deliver its strategic infrastructure upgrade programme with contracts valued up to £100 million. Our goal is to have a diverse workforce representative of society and the communities we serve. This position offers a competitive salary of £65,000 per annum, dependent on skills and experience, along with a fantastic benefits package including a pension contribution match up to 10%.

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