Senior Buyer

Overview

About The Role Are you an experienced Procurement professional ready to make a real impact on one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure programmes? Balfour Beatty’s Power T&D team is looking for a Senior Buyer to play a key role in delivering the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) project — helping to shape our supply chain, strengthen supplier relationships and drive sustainable, value-led outcomes.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the heart of a major multi-utilities project, collaborating with a wide network of internal teams, partners and innovative suppliers.

• Supply Chain & Market Engagement
  • Identifying and engaging new suppliers, including local SMEs, to promote social value and best-value delivery.
  • Monitoring market trends, risks and developments to inform strategy and drive competitive advantage.
  • Supporting supply chain capacity growth and running engagement events.
• Tendering & Contract Award
  • Developing procurement strategies aligned to business objectives.
  • Preparing and issuing RFQs/ITTs.
  • Conducting supplier due diligence, commercial checks and tender evaluations.
  • Making recommendations for contract awards and negotiating high‑quality, value-driven agreements.
• Contract & Supplier Performance Management
  • Building long-term, performance-led relationships with key suppliers.
  • Monitoring performance to ensure compliance with commercial, quality, HSEQ+S and sustainability standards.
  • Helping to resolve supply issues and providing regular dashboards and reports to project teams.
• Collaboration & Project Delivery
  • Acting as a key liaison between suppliers and internal stakeholders.
  • Managing procurement schedules and supporting project risk management.
  • Supporting wider Power T&D procurement initiatives and work-winning opportunities.
• Leadership
  • Providing guidance and support to procurement colleagues, promoting a collaborative, high‑performance culture.
  • Championing Balfour Beatty’s values, Zero Harm principles and sustainability goals.

• Experience in Supply Chain Management within Utilities or Construction.
• Strong analytical, communication and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of NEC subcontracting and commercial processes.
• The ability to build trusted relationships with suppliers and stakeholders at all levels.
• A proactive mindset, with a focus on delivering value, efficiency and continuous improvement.
• A relevant degree, MCIPS qualification (or working towards), or equivalent experience.
• Willingness to travel across the UK.

• 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…

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit  To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE).

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. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment.

We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabil