About the role: Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is recruiting on behalf of The MEH Alliance. We’re looking for a skilled Supply Chain Specialist – Bulks (Piping) to support the delivery of the Sizewell C project, one of the UK’s largest and most complex infrastructure programmes.
This role will play a key part in delivering value through effective procurement, ensuring a robust and high-performing supply chain to support project success. You’ll be part of a high-profile nuclear infrastructure project, working within a collaborative alliance environment that promotes excellence, innovation and continuous improvement.
Location: Bristol (Aztec West) – minimum 2 days per week on site.
What you'll be doing
- Support the development and refinement of procurement strategies aligned to project needs.
- Lead the end-to-end ITT (Invitation to Tender) process for services and equipment.
- Develop and implement long-term contracting strategies.
- Maintain strong stakeholder engagement across SZC and MEH teams.
- Monitor supplier performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks while maintaining market awareness.
- Develop supplier relationships to enhance quality, cost efficiency and delivery.
Who we're looking for
- Proven experience in a senior procurement or supply chain role.
- Strong knowledge of procurement and contract management processes.
- Ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Degree or relevant professional qualification preferred.
- Strong team player with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
- Able to obtain a security clearance.
Benefits
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.
About Us
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise. We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear. At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. We are members of WISE, ENEI, the Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
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This role will play a key part in delivering value through effective procurement, ensuring a robust and high-performing supply chain to support project success. You’ll be part of a high-profile nuclear infrastructure project, working within a collaborative alliance environment that promotes excellence, innovation and continuous improvement.
Location: Bristol (Aztec West) – minimum 2 days per week on site.
What you’ll be doing
- Support the development and refinement of procurement strategies aligned to project needs.
- Lead the end-to-end ITT (Invitation to Tender) process for services and equipment.
- Develop and implement long-term contracting strategies.
- Maintain strong stakeholder engagement across SZC and MEH teams.
- Monitor supplier performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks while maintaining market awareness.
- Develop supplier relationships to enhance quality, cost efficiency and delivery.
Who we’re looking for
- Proven experience in a senior procurement or supply chain role.
- Strong knowledge of procurement and contract management processes.
- Ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Degree or relevant professional qualification preferred.
- Strong team player with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
- Able to obtain a security clearance.
Benefits
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.
About Us
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise. We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear. At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. We are members of WISE, ENEI, the Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
#BBK
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