About the Role:
Guidera O’Connor are seeking motivated and detail-oriented Procurement Officer to join our growing team. This role supports the delivery of major water and wastewater infrastructure projects across Australia. 

As the Procurement Officer you will utilise your experience to work closely with project managers, engineers, contractors and suppliers to efficiently and competitively source goods and services and in line with project requirements and compliance standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the project teams to plan for the procurement of the goods and services required to meet project requirements
• Manage the procurement process (with input from project managers and subject matter experts) from acquisition planning to contract execution, including development of procurement strategies, evaluation of bids, analysis of costs, clarifications and contract negotiations 
• Offer strategies and solutions to project teams to ensure supplier costs and delivery times are managed effectively and work closely with project teams to mitigate supplier or supply chain risks.
• Monitor the use of purchase orders by project teams to ensure compliance with policies and procedures
• Provide pre-contracts support in obtaining supplier quotes for estimating purposes in bid responses
• Work with contract administrators to ensure that Head Contract terms and conditions are reflected in supplier contracts where appropriate, and risks are reasonably allocated.

About you:

• Demonstrated experience and understanding of procurement principles
• Procurement, purchasing or supply chain experience in a similar industry, preferably water.
• Solid analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills with excellent attention to detail and time management
• Demonstrated commercial acumen and stakeholder engagement skills.
• High level of integrity and commitment to ethical procurement practices.
• A MCIPs qualification is desirable

Guidera O’Connor is an equal opportunity employer. If you meet most, but not all, of the criteria we’d still love to hear from you.

About Guidera O’Connor:

From desalination plants providing clean water to Australian communities, to treatment facilities that return wastewater safely to the environment, Guidera O’Connor designs and delivers tailored solutions that make a real difference to people’s lives.

Guidera O’Connor designs, constructs, and commissions:

• Water treatment plants
• Pumping stations
• Chemical dosing systems
• Filtration
• Odour control
• Desalination plants
• Aquifer storage and recovery
• Reuse systems.

We work with customers across Australia, including:

• Water authorities
• Local government
• Mining and resources companies
• Private asset owners
• Head contractors
• Engineering organisations.

Our business is founded on five guiding principles: Care, Integrity, Passion, Respect, and Future, each of which inform our collaborative, innovative, solutions-focused approach.
More than infrastructure, we deliver value, creating the systems that make safe, clean water possible for people and communities across the country, now and into the future.

Our Benefits:

In return for your skills and experience, we offer a supportive team environment, strong leadership, and meaningful work that contributes to essential infrastructure.

• Daily lunches
• Additional leave provisions
• Generous wellbeing program
• Paid parental leave and cultural leave
• Career development opportunities

Our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and belonging:

At Guidera O’Connor we respect and value a diverse, inclusive, and belonging workplace.  We strongly encourage applications from people of all genders, ages, and cultures.
We are committed to reconciliation action and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all positions.
Further, we are committed to real progress toward gender equity in the engineering and construction
industry and strongly encourage applications from female candidates for all positions. 

Join us!

Please apply online. 
For more information about this opportunity, reach out to our recruitment team at careers@goc.net.au
Please note applications will only be accepted from candidates who have the right to work in Australia.