Senior Procurement Advisor

Reporting to the Regional Procurement Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering procurement strategies, managing supplier and subcontractor relationships, leading commercial negotiations, and ensuring governance and compliance across the full contract lifecycle.

Working closely with operational, commercial, legal, project controls and procurement stakeholders, you'll help secure market-leading outcomes while supporting the successful delivery of essential water infrastructure projects. This role offers the opportunity to influence strategic procurement decisions, mentor project teams, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across procurement practices within one of Australia's leading infrastructure businesses.

Operating in a collaborative environment, this role offers a hybrid working model with a mix of office, site and home-based work while supporting projects that deliver critical services to communities across Queensland.

What You'll Do

• Lead procurement activities from sourcing strategy through to subcontract and supplier award across major infrastructure projects.
• Negotiate subcontractor and supplier agreements to achieve optimal commercial and operational outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong supplier, subcontractor and service provider relationships while managing performance and risk.
• Analyse procurement performance, monitor market trends and provide reporting and insights to support business decision-making.
• Coach and support project teams on procurement best practice while ensuring compliance with Downer governance frameworks and standards.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work on critical water infrastructure projects that support communities across Queensland.
• Career development opportunities through leadership programs including THRIVE and EmpowHER.
• Access to Perks@Downer, offering financial, travel, retail and wellbeing discounts.
• Dedicated internal mobility and succession planning programs that support long-term career growth.
• Exposure to some of Australia's largest infrastructure projects within a Tier 1 ASX-listed organisation.
• The support of a collaborative leadership team committed to continuous improvement and professional development.

What We're Looking For

We're seeking a commercially minded procurement professional who can influence stakeholders, drive value through strategic procurement and build strong supplier partnerships.

• Proven procurement, commercial and/or contract management experience within construction, utilities, infrastructure, oil & gas or a similar project environment.
• Experience managing large and complex procurement packages, supplier engagement and subcontractor negotiations.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify, manage and mitigate procurement-related risks and opportunities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, relationship-building and influencing skills.
• Tertiary qualifications in Procurement, Commercial, Contract Management, Finance, Law or a related discipline, with CIPS accreditation highly regarded.

About Energy & Utilities

Downer's Energy & Utilities business unit is an integrated trans-Tasman team, providing services and solutions that connect communities to essential networks and infrastructure. We design, build, operate and maintain today's critical assets and networks, delivering complete services across the water, electricity, telecommunications, industrial and power generation sectors. Our expertise spans in-house technical smarts, specialist engineering, integrated OEM partners, and dedicated crews of qualified tradespeople.

Downer Group is an employer that acknowledges and embraces the importance of our people's diverse experiences, talents, and cultures. As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from everyone.

How to Apply

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