Role Overview

Laing O'Rourke is seeking an experienced Procurement Manager to lead and manage procurement activities across major construction and engineering projects.

This role is responsible for delivering strategic sourcing solutions, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring the timely and cost-effective procurement of materials, plant, and subcontract packages. The Procurement Manager will play a key role in driving value, innovation, and supply chain performance across the business.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and implement procurement strategies aligned with project and business objectives
Lead end-to-end procurement activities, including tendering, negotiation, and contract award
Manage the procurement of materials, equipment, and subcontract packages
Ensure compliance with company governance, policies, and procurement best practices
Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, subcontractors, and key stakeholders
Drive cost savings, value engineering, and risk mitigation across the supply chain
Monitor market trends and supplier performance to ensure competitiveness and resilience

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Provide guidance and support to procurement teams and project stakeholders
Influence internal teams to adopt best practice procurement approaches
Act as a key interface between project delivery teams and the supply chain

About us:

We 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 health 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 prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

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