Procurement Manager

Saltair is a multi-award-winning builder based in Queensland. As we continue to experience significant growth in our residential, commercial and government markets , we’re excited to invite a Procurement Manager to join our team at our new factory in Crestmead, Brisbane.

We love the small-business mentality, where every team member is involved in multiple facets of the business while enjoying significant autonomy in their roles.

Saltair manages all project stages in-house, from concept design, reports, and detailed planning to building approvals, construction, and turnkey certification. As a Procurement Manager, you’ll be supported by a skilled and experienced team to help you quickly get up to speed with our streamlined systems and processes.

As the Procurement Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our projects are delivered on time and within budget while maintaining the quality standards that have earned us our awards. Your responsibilities include:

• Understanding modular design and project site conditions to ensure projects are costed effectively

• Conduct competitive tenders of packages 

• Develop project specific scopes of works 

• Undertaking detailed project take offs for supplier and subcontractor engagement  

• Maintaining and updating labour and materials catalogue's within an estimating program 

• Letting trade and supplier packages in accordance with set budgets 

• Negotiate with subcontractors to develop the most competitive rates for the business 

• Cold call subcontractors / suppliers to build the procurement field available to the business 

• Building new and strong relationships with supplier and subcontractors  

• Engaging with Engineers, Certifiers and designers to identify more efficient building methods 

• Developing the companies supply chain to ensure it is more robust and reliable 

• Work closely with the estimating department to ensure cost over runs or savings are included in future tenders. 

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate;

• Experience in completing construction project take offs to facilitate project procurement 

• Experience in quoting, compiling and comparing trade and supplier packages ready for engagement

• Ability to build relationships with suppliers and negotiate commercial terms

• Passionate and self-driven to look for cost efficiencies at all times

• Genuine enthusiasm to identify alternative procurement methods 

• Track record of at least 3+ years in the construction industry

• Experience as a contract administrator would be beneficial 

• Experience in Premier Accounting software beneficial

• Experience with Cost X is beneficial

• Experience in managing the procurement of multiple projects simultaneously is beneficial 

• Estimating experience nice but not essential

• Experience in modular nice but not essential

• $110k Base incl Super (negotiable on experience)

• Exciting role with an award-winning team

• Opportunity to join a business at early growth stage and lead the design team

Please send us your resume on-line via seek.

We make it a point to respond to every application. Good luck! We look forward to meeting you.