Procurement Consultant - Renewable Energy Capital Programmes & Projects

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Procurement Consultant for Renewable Energy Capital Programmes in Edinburgh. This full-time role involves supporting clients in delivering sustainable energy projects, enhancing procurement processes, and contributing to business development. Candidates will work with skilled teams on major capital programmes, gaining experience in renewable energy procurement. The position offers career development opportunities within a global professional services company focused on impactful projects.
Location: Edinburgh Procurement Consultant - Renewable Energy Capital Programmes & ProjectsFull-timeDepartment: InfrastructureTurner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.Reporting to an established Renewable Energy Procurement lead, you will be helping our clients to deliver major capital programmes and projects for green technologies to provide more sustainable energy sources for customers and the community have opportunities for people with a passion for renewable energy and major capital programmes and project to join our expanding Procurement team within Contract Services, across our UK offices, as we respond to the increasing demand for our services from our clients.Successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop their career, skills, and knowledge through working with industry leading organisations across the UK and globally, making a tangible impact on large scale flagship programmes and projects, challenging themselves in a market leading global professional services business and working with an outstanding team of specialist procurement consultants.We are the first consultancy to be recognised by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) for excellence in the procurement processes that it provides for clients in the construction sector. Our Team received a Procurement Excellence Programme Award demonstrating excellence in our procurement and supply chain activities.The OpportunityThis role will provide the opportunity to further your capital procurement and consultancy experience, working with highly skilled teams to deliver industry leading programmes and projects advice to large global brands and on some of the most exciting transformational energy investments.To provide procurement support across multiple programmes, projects, and commissions, helping clients progress towards better green, sustainable outcomes across numerous renewable energy asset typesTo deliver and continually improve clients’ performance and meet targets across key capital procurement themesSupport the development of the renewable energy procurement services provided by T&TTo support the business development for renewable energy procurement and the marketing requirements of the wider Contract Services capabilityTo support the delivery of both team and wider business targets in T&TWe are looking for individuals with knowledge and experience with embedding excellence into end-to-end procurement activities, in addition core skills-sets and experience across end-to-end procurement, supply chain management and/or contract management. This includes a mixture of the following:Major capital programmes and projects procurement strategy and implementationContract managementSupply chain managementContract terms, negotiation, and awardExperience in one or more of the following technologies (including, but not limited to) is desirable but not essential:Hydro-ElectricOnshore and Offshore WindTidalEnergy from WasteHydrogenCarbon CaptureGeothermalThe OfferAt T&T we pride ourselves on professionally developing our teams, offering a unique opportunity to rapidly progress their career within an entrepreneurial and growing team. This is achieved through a mixture of delivering large scale projects whilst being supported by project teams and…