Senior Buyer

Downer Energy & Utilities is seeking an experienced Senior Buyer to support a regional portfolio of projects and contracts across our Energy & Utilities business. 

Reporting to the Procurement Manager, this role is responsible for sourcing materials and services, managing supplier relationships, supporting procurement planning, and ensuring procurement activities are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with Downer standards.

Working closely with project delivery teams, project controls, suppliers, and procurement stakeholders, you'll play a critical role in ensuring projects receive the right goods and services at the right cost, time, and quality. This is an excellent opportunity for a procurement professional with experience supporting capital projects within the energy, utilities, power generation, or related infrastructure sectors to contribute to the delivery of essential services and critical infrastructure

What You'll Do

• Develop and implement procurement plans to support project and contract delivery.
• Manage sourcing and tender activities, including RFx processes, supplier negotiations, and contract administration.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while driving performance, quality, and value outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, systems, governance requirements, and procurement-to-pay processes.
• Identify and manage procurement risks, opportunities, and cost-saving initiatives across projects.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on major infrastructure and utility projects across Australia and New Zealand.
• Career development and leadership programs including THRIVE and EmpowHER.
• Access to Perks@Downer, offering discounts across retail, travel, health, and wellbeing services.
• Strong focus on internal mobility, career progression, and succession planning.
• Be part of a Tier 1 ASX-listed organisation with industry-leading in-house capabilities and long-term project opportunities.

What We're Looking For

We're seeking a procurement professional who enjoys building strong stakeholder relationships, solving problems, and delivering commercial value in a fast-paced project environment.

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Procurement, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years' experience in procurement, contract management, project management, or supply chain roles within construction, utilities, energy, oil & gas, or related industries.
• Experience in capital projects procurement, with exposure to the Energy, Utilities or Power Generation sectors highly regarded.
• Strong knowledge of source-to-contract and procure-to-pay processes, including sourcing, tendering, supplier management and contract administration.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, negotiation and organisational skills, with experience using ERP and procurement systems.

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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