Procurement Manager

Location: Ipswich (Hybrid working with flexibility)

Project: Sizewell C – Civil Works Alliance

The Opportunity

This is a chance to join one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes – Sizewell C – a once-in-a-generation development set to provide clean energy to over 6 million homes for the next 60 years.

Working within the Civil Works Alliance (a partnership between Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Laing O'Rourke), you'll be part of a high-performing delivery organisation with global expertise across major complex programmes.

This role offers the opportunity to shape procurement strategy on a project of national importance, with long-term security, scale, and genuine career progression.

The role is aligned to the Ipswich project office, with hybrid working in place and flexibility for candidates based across the UK. Travel and mobility support is provided where required.

The Role

As Procurement Manager, you will play a key role in delivering procurement strategy across a range of packages, ensuring best value and strong supply chain performance across the project lifecycle.

You will:

• Deliver procurement strategies aligned to project objectives
• Lead end-to-end procurement of subcontractors, materials, plant and services
• Support tendering, supplier selection and commercial evaluation
• Provide market intelligence, cost insights and risk analysis
• Build and manage strong supply chain relationships
• Contribute to supplier performance management and continuous improvement
• Support and develop a team of procurement professionals
• Drive SME engagement and local supply chain participation
• Ensure compliance with governance, legislation and nuclear standards

What We're Looking For?

• Proven experience in procurement within construction or major infrastructure
• Strong understanding of supply chain strategy and delivery
• Experience managing procurement across complex, high-value packages
• Ability to lead, mentor and develop teams
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills
• Confident working in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment

Desirable:

• MCIPS or equivalent
• Experience within regulated or highly controlled environments (e.g. nuclear)

About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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