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Are you ready to be part of a team that delivers top-notch mechanical, electrical, and telecommunication engineering solutions? Look no further than VVB, where expertise and experience converge to create sustainable solutions across Rail, Highways, Power, and Tunnels.

At VVB, we're more than just engineers - we're collaborators, innovators, and stewards of our environment. Our projects are guided by our CORE values:

C-Care & Collaboration

O-Opportunity & Ownership

R-Responsibility & Respect

E-Excellence & End Result Focus

Join us in shaping the future of infrastructure while upholding these values at every turn.

What We Offer:

- Competitive salaries with yearly appraisals
- Travel expenses covered for assignments outside your base location
- Perkbox membership for 24/7 access to perks, benefits, discounts, and wellbeing tools
- Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance schemes provided by leading providers
- Generous pension scheme
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (this includes a Christmas shutdown)

Location: Old Oak Common

About the Anthro JV:

The Anthro joint venture between Egis and VVB Engineering will provide comprehensive turn-key services for London’s state-of-the-art HS2 gateway station at Old Oak Common. We have been awarded a multi-year contract to deliver MEPHFC (Mechanical, Electrical Public Health, Fire and Communications) systems works

Role Overview:

Are you a proactive, forward-thinking professional with a passion for delivering excellence in procurement? Join our VVB Engineering as a Buyer. The purpose of this role is to be the initial point of contact within our purchasing department for project support activity. The role holder will provide efficient and cost-effective purchasing support under the relevant projects. They will support the project by conducting comparisons, raising purchase orders, tracking plant and equipment on hire, reconciling delivery notes with purchase orders and discuss technical specifications and engineering drawings to ensure a full understanding of the project’s requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

* Assist Senior Buyers with developing Invitation to Tender packs in readiness to advertise to the marketplace and uploading opportunities to Compete For and Asite.

* Assist with Tender evaluations and supplier selection

* Ensure that all relevant purchasing requisitions are ordered are being delivered through the day-to-day actions of the project team.

* Liaising with project team on materials planning and order placement including preparing supply forecast for key contracts

* Ensure that key governance aspects are adhered to for Procurement processes and procedure.

* Ensure required purchasing documentation is produced and approved at the appropriate levels

* Record and report savings in accordance with established guidelines

* Contribute to the capture and sharing of all information and lessons learned to ensure that these are understood from one Project to the next.

* Undertake all purchasing aspects for the Project.

* Engage and communicate efficiently with internal customers and other functions as necessary in executing Project activities

* Leverage the synergies across the Project.

* Ensure that the Purchasing Schedule is developed for the Project.

* Maintain an ethical approach to tasks and relationships in accordance with relevant VVB policies.

* In conjuncture with the Procurement Manager, conduct regular review meetings with the Project Managers to ensure expected performance levels on each works package are being achieved. Including a review of ongoing activities and approving the appropriate documentation.

* Processing of commercial documentation.

Person Specification:

* Possesses a good understanding of procurement processes

* Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate complex and technical information with clarity

* Experienced in using ERP systems, SAP Business One is the current system.

* Good understanding of Contract Law.

* Adept in using MS Office programmes.

* Willing to participate in an ‘on call’ programme in the case of emergencies.

Qualifications:

* Educated to GCSE level, or equivalent with an A-C grade in English and Maths

* Hold a level of or working towards a level in the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (Desired)

Competencies/ Behaviours

* Commercially astute with negotiation skills and experience.

* Strong communication and presentation skills.

* Interpersonal skills at all organisational levels, internal and external.

* Analytical skills.

* The ability to create and seize new opportunities.

* Previous experience within a Buyer role which is heavily involved with ongoing projects.

* Experience within the Construction/M&E industry (Desired)

VVB values the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all prospective and current employees with dignity regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. All employees must demonstrate commitment and enthusiasm in promoting the principles of equality in employment and service delivery