About the Role
Join Bielby's Pre Contracts team as a Senior Procurement Advisor, leading procurement activities for tenders and project pursuits to ensure timely supplier engagement and high-quality outcomes. Provide market intelligence, procurement expertise, and commercial insight to influence tender competitiveness and project success in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate procurement activities across Bielby's tender pipeline and project requirements.
- Develop procurement strategies and package plans in collaboration with Pre Contracts, Estimating, Commercial and Project teams.
- Manage end-to-end procurement packages, including market engagement, RFQs, tender administration, evaluation and recommendation.
- Manage EstimateOne and coordinate procurement activity nationally to maximise supplier and subcontractor participation.
- Maintain procurement schedules and proactively identify long-lead items, supply constraints and market risks.
- Provide procurement expertise and market insights to support tender strategy and competitive project delivery.
- Analyse and level supplier and subcontractor quotations, identifying scope gaps, pricing risks and commercial differences.
- Support negotiations and contribute to commercially sound procurement recommendations.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and subcontractors across Bielby's operating regions.
- Monitor market conditions, supplier capability, pricing trends and emerging supply chain risks.
- Maintain procurement systems, registers, schedules and reporting frameworks.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across procurement systems, processes and governance.
Requirements
- Experience in procurement, supply chain, estimating support, contracts administration or commercial roles within construction or infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of subcontractor and supplier engagement processes.
- Demonstrated experience managing procurement packages across multiple concurrent tenders or projects.
- Commercial and analytical capability to assess quotations, pricing and procurement risks.
- Experience undertaking tender evaluations, supplier negotiations and market engagement activities.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- High level of organisation and attention to detail.
- Strong Microsoft Excel capability.
- Experience with EstimateOne or similar procurement platforms highly regarded.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol checks.
- Applicants must have eligibility to work in Australia.
Skills
- Procurement
- Supply chain management
- Estimating support
- Contracts administration
- Commercial analysis
- Stakeholder management
- Relationship building
- Organisation
- Attention to detail
- Microsoft Excel
- EstimateOne or similar procurement platforms
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Tertiary qualifications in Business, Commerce, Procurement, Supply Chain, Construction Management, Engineering or a related discipline preferred.
- Professional procurement accreditation (CIPS, AAPCM or equivalent) will be viewed favourably.
Benefits
- Competitive remuneration
- Project uplifts for eligible regional/FIFO/DIDO assignments
- Paid parental leave
- Wellbeing support
- Employee benefits
- Access to networking, mentoring and professional development opportunities through NAWIC membership
About the Company
- Bielby is experiencing a period of sustained growth, supported by a strong pipeline of infrastructure projects and continued expansion into new regions.
- Building on over 40 years of successful major project delivery.
- Proudly Australian owned and operated, with more than 40 years of experience and a strong reputation for delivering major civil infrastructure.
- With a strong pipeline and an expanding geographic footprint, we're creating new opportunities for our people and their careers.
- At Bielby, you'll get the opportunity to work on complex, meaningful infrastructure while being part of a business where your contribution is visible, your voice is valued and you're trusted to get on with the job.
- We empower capable people to make decisions, solve problems and take ownership.
- Build your technical, commercial and leadership capability through hands-on experience, mentoring, internal mobility and development opportunities.
- Contribute to infrastructure that connects communities and leaves a lasting legacy.
- A highly engaged culture – our latest employee engagement score is 17% above the industry average.
- Safety, wellbeing, respect, honesty and collaboration are central to how we work.
- A workplace that values different perspectives – we're committed to belonging and inclusion.
Equal Opportunity
- We're committed to belonging and inclusion and are a corporate member of NAWIC, providing all employees access to networking, mentoring and professional development opportunities.
