Construction Procurement & Contracts Specialist

Currie & Brown is one of the leading International physical asset management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients worldwide with our expertise and experience in multiple sectors and services. We are differentiated by our people, innovation and reputation with a genuine global office network.

Our people, from the first-day apprentice to senior management make our business what it is today. Everybody in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced they are, plays their own unique part in our success and have fun along the way.

The role – what is it we would like you to do?

Currie & Brown is looking for Procurement & Contracts Specialist for remote support to our client locations. The successful candidate will support project leaders by providing construction expertise of our core services, including estimation, procurement, cost planning and more. These functions should be performed while generating a high standard of service, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing, and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation, and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider.

We offer a fun and challenging environment where your skillset will grow. Qualified candidates should also possess a strong desire to lead, mentor and develop a successful team.

Your core duties will involve:

• Managing all aspects of sub-contract administration for the project, from pre-qualification of bidders to close-out of sub-contracts and record retention
• Preparing project procurement documents including purchase orders for commodities, equipment, services and construction sub-contracts
• Monitoring, expediting and procuring all backordered materials and assuring there are no outstanding issues with materials on order
• Ensuring alignment of the procurement packages with the project budget and schedule
• Coordinating/developing sub-contract, purchase order and change order cost and price analysis
• Assuming responsibility for the overall development and execution of the procurement plan
• Maintaining purchase orders, change orders, lease agreements and receiving tickets for the project
• Bidding, awarding and administering project supply, services and construction sub-contracts and purchase orders
• Managing the solicitation of proposals in accordance with company procedures and project requirements
• Administering the procurement process from development of strategic project procurement plans through to solicitation of the sub-contract and vendor proposals for scheduled scopes of work
• Undertaking responsibility for complete equipment procurement cycle
• Handling pre-qualification of sub-contractors and suppliers
• Undertaking responsibility for the preparation, issuance and documentation of signed agreements with sub-contractors and vendors
• Preparing documents for contract award and understanding budget compliance
• Interacting with design and client personnel as required
• Reviewing and developing prime contract flow-downs into project-specific sub-contract and purchase order documents
• Participating/leading negotiations of contract terms and pricing issues
• Handling requests for change orders and other contract modifications to ensure change orders are aligned with sub-contracts and purchase order requirements
• Ensuring compliance with the client requirements for procurement, including obligations related to any regulatory or funding agency
• Preparing and presenting commercial recommendations to award for all procurement packages

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you

• Well-organized, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• Pre- and post-contract experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in construction, supply chain and procurement
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritize for the long term and honor our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.

With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.