Procurement Administrator

**Your Impact**:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients, and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

**About the Opportunity**

The BEP Joint Venture project will safely design and deliver a Plant and the works in accordance with the requirements of the contract to enable conditioning of wastes from the various donor plants, carried out in line with the Employer’s needs and to the satisfaction of stakeholders in the Box Encapsulation Project (BEP).

We are currently seeking a Procurement Administrator to join our site team at Sellafield.

The role will be based at the BEPJV offices on Sellafield Site, however ad-hoc work from home days can be agreed when required

You will report to the Supply Chain Manager and provide support to the site procurement team.

**In particular you will**:

- Provide administrative support to the site procurement team and to the wider BEPJV procurement team when required.
- Communicate daily with suppliers to track orders and ensure timely delivery of materials, updating the buyers about any potential problems or delays.
- File procurement and material related documents within the project filing systems, both paper based and electronic
- Update internal database/ registers with purchase order details with dates, suppliers, quantities, savings, costs etc.
- Expedite and obtain internal approvals for purchase orders
- Liaise with stores on a daily basis regarding delivery dates and ensure information is communicated to the relevant stakeholders
- Assist buyers to resolve invoice queries
- Produce weekly and monthly reports when required
- Arrange and attend team meetings/ conferences, supply chain meetings, engagement events as required, and ensure appropriate facilities are organized

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- Conversant in MS Office to produce a range of spreadsheets, documents and presentations
- Experience of transactional, construction related procurement activities.
- Experience with the Ariba supply chain system and Smart Material software.
- Experience within a construction procurement related environment (within a highly regulated industry) on projects greater than £100m is preferable

**Our Culture**

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s - find out more about our employee networks here.