Civil Construction Materials Buyer – Regional Projects

This was the first time I worked with Adam and his team and was really impressed with the services provided. Due to an internal development we had to slightly amend the candidate brief... they quickly reapplied themselves to the search and provided a good selection of candidates to interview.

About the client

Summary: Taylor Woodrow, part of Vinci Construction, supports the UK’s energy transition, delivers improvements to the highways network and enhances rail infrastructure. It has a strong regional presence of local people bringing local solutions, that underpins its ability to deliver major new infrastructure projects requiring complex engineering solutions.

Size: Turnover: £319m; Employees: 520; Established: 1921.

About the Job

Reason for vacancy: A newly created position to help strengthen the northern buying team, following a restructure of the Taylor Woodrow, Eurovia Contracting North, South and SWH Contracting businesses.

Key responsibilities: Delivery of materials and plant procurement across regional projects.

• Operational procurement professionals from any reputable main contractor or subcontractor, who can commute weekly to Rotherham.
• Candidates needed good direct materials procurement experience for construction, infrastructure or engineering projects.
• Identifying candidates with multi-project procurement experience from relevant contractors in a challenging location.

Our Approach

We provided our Plan 3, Contingent recruitment service, we worked alongside other agencies to identify, qualify and present suitable candidates.

Clients choosing this product receive the following level of service: Candidate Interview

• Approach candidates electronically 1st, phone 2nd.
• Qualify candidates against key competencies.

Search Depth

• Recently registered candidates contacted from our database network.
• Advertise on our Job Alerts candidate email, website, LinkedIn feed and job boards.

CV Format

• Client Selection Criteria, Risks and Assessment of Suitability.

We recently engaged with AR Resourcing for the recruitment of key procurement roles at various site locations. Dan worked tirelessly in shortlisting good candidates resulting in the placement of two promising new employees.

In Summary

We shortlisted 4 CVs within a week, interviewed 4 candidates, and successfully offered and appointed the preferred candidate.

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