Senior Procurement Surveyor in Birmingham

Senior Procurement Surveyor

Reports to: Procurement Manager

Project: Birmingham (M6 Loop Office) – HS2 Project

Location: Coleshill

Full-Time Monday–Friday – 40 hours per week. SMART working policy with a minimum of 3 days in the office preferred.

The Senior Procurement Surveyor is responsible for delivering procurement activities in accordance with the project’s approved Procurement Strategy and Tender Event Schedule. The position requires an individual who can quickly integrate into the project, take ownership of a portfolio of procurement packages from day one, and drive activities at pace to meet immediate programme priorities and key milestones.

The role leads the end-to-end procurement process for a portfolio of subcontract packages, from supply chain pre-qualification and tendering through to award, ensuring compliance, value for money, and timely delivery.

This role is preferably suitable for procurement professionals & Quantity Surveyors. Other individuals from the Pre-Construction Package team will be considered should they be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge and understanding of the procurement process.

The successful candidate must be a credible and delivery-focused practitioner who can rapidly establish effective working relationships, operate with minimal supervision and manage competing priorities within a fast-paced project environment. The individual will be expected to influence stakeholders, ensure procurement scopes are sufficiently developed, and deliver procurement outcomes within challenging timescales whilst maintaining compliance, governance and value-for-money objectives.

There is a need to be able to influence to win hearts and minds, whilst focussing on meeting and exceeding service expectations by delivering an agile, value-adding service, with an understanding of technical requirements, policies and procedures, and process efficiency.

Internal: Commercial team, Planning & Estimating Teams, Site Teams, Parent Company Enabling Functions teams

External: Client, Subcontractors, supply and manufacturer supply chains.

As a Senior Procurement Surveyor you will develop and implement a package procurement strategy that is compliant, transparent and will deliver the package to the relevant programme milestones and budget agreed, aligned to the Clause 32 programme dates. You will lead and conduct the procurement process for packages in accordance with the procurement plan, supported by the Procurement Manager as required. This includes:-

• Manage the end to end tender process in line with agreed process
• Development and obtain agreement of package procurement plans;
• Prepare and manage Invitations to Tender (ITTs), Recommendation for Award (RFA) submissions, and all associated procurement approvals, governance requirements, and supporting documentation.
• Manage the interface with HS2, coordinating Clause 26 submissions and securing all client approvals required to support procurement activities and subcontract award recommendations.
• Carrying out robust supplier evaluations for designated procurement exercises;
• Conducting negotiations to enable the shortlisting of suppliers, for designated procurement exercises.
• Manage and maintain packages dates and details in the Tender Event Schedule;
• Engage the appropriate supply chains in the developing market understanding and potential sources of supply in developing a suitable procurement strategy for the package;
• Undertake the necessary due diligence with supplier checks / pre-qualification process;
• Lead final negotiations with selected suppliers;
• Compilation of recommendation reports and working with the commercial team to finalise subcontracts;
• Appoint subcontractors to programme and within budget under fair contractual conditions commensurate with the scope of works being delivered
• Maintain and demonstrate a clear process that supports delivery of contract requirements and reduces the risk of disallowed costs through non-compliance against the main contract
• Keep abreast of the supply market to support the proposed package procurement strategy, with a focus on: capacity, capability and competence to inform of relevant threats and opportunities
• Support embedment of sustainable procurement where applicable
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Demonstrable experience in the commercial evaluation of tender submissions, including bid analysis, normalisation, and the assessment of value-for-money outcomes.

• Subcontract Procurement experience in a large organisation is essential.

• Experience in the use of the NEC Suite of Contracts

• Experience of negotiating complex high value/ high business impact commercial deals and contractual terms and conditions with a track record of delivering value

• Effective communicator who can interact with stakeholders at all levels

• Ability to project manage a matrix team to deliver project objectives and programme

• Results Driven - demonstrates a passion and excitement for their work. Tackles problems head-on and works to resolve them without delay

• Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against bid / project milestones, including contingency planning

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Professional membership (or studying towards/willingness to embark on) RICS, CIPS, or qualifications or similar
• Experience in either MEP or Buildings projects.
• Likes to challenge self to always have a positive impact and find solutions
• Learns quickly, adapts positively to changing business demands, energised by change.