Procurement Specialist - Professional Services

• Join a world-class major mining development project
• Lead procurement and commercial activities across engineering, consulting and site services
• Long-term contract opportunity with a high-performing project team

About Us

Augment Resources provides project management interim, permanent, and consulting resources across private industry and the public sector. We support and inspire our community of practitioners to create great outcomes for our clients, and we operate across Canada, Australia & New Zealand.

We recruit experienced project management professionals for complex project and operational environments, supporting clients with sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and project commercial delivery.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Procurement Specialist – Professional Services to support a major mining expansion project in British Columbia.

Working within a dedicated Project Commercial team, you will be responsible for the end-to-end procurement and contract management of a diverse portfolio of professional service-based contracts; including engineering, consulting, studies, specialist project contractors and logistics, transportation, warehousing & equipment support services.

This is a highly visible role where you will work closely with project leadership, technical teams, logistics specialists, contractors and suppliers to ensure commercial outcomes support project schedule, cost and delivery objectives.

The Role

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the end-to-end sourcing and contracting of project services packages.
• Developing procurement and contracting strategies aligned with overall project objectives.
• Preparing and issuing RFx documentation for service contracts.
• Managing supplier communications, bid clarifications and commercial evaluations.
• Leading commercial negotiations and preparing recommendations for award.
• Drafting and administering Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Service Agreements and Service Orders.
• Preparing contract amendments, variations and extensions throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Supporting logistics and business readiness teams with transportation, warehousing and equipment-related commercial requirements.
• Reviewing invoices and supporting contract payment processes.
• Building strong relationships with service providers to ensure performance expectations are clearly understood and achieved.
• Identifying opportunities to improve value, reduce cost and support project delivery outcomes.
• Understanding of project stage-gating requirements and ability to execute within these demands.

About You

Successful candidates will bring:

• Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance.
• 5+ years’ experience in procurement, contracts, project commercial or supply chain roles.
• Experience supporting major capital projects within mining, resources, energy, infrastructure, industrial or construction environments.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating and administering service contracts.
• Strong understanding of procurement lifecycle activities including sourcing, tendering, evaluation and contract management.
• Experience developing commercial strategies for complex projects.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills.
• Strong commercial acumen and analytical capability.
• Advanced negotiation and supplier management skills.
• Experience with ERP and project commercial systems such as SAP, SAP Ariba, Aconex and Contruent or similar platforms.
• Proficiency across the Microsoft Office Suite.

What's on Offer

• Major project experience with a globally recognised mining organisation.
• Opportunity to work on one of Canada's most significant resource developments.
• Collaborative and high-performing project environment.
• Competitive contract rates.
• Potential for long-term engagement as the project progresses.

About Augment Resources

Augment Resources was formed by a team of specialist recruiters and project management practitioners setting out to deliver a unique customer service offering to both clients and practitioners alike. We work across Procurement, Commercial, Supply Chain, Project Controls, Contract Management and Project Delivery functions throughout Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

By practitioners, for practitioners.

If you are an experienced project procurement or commercial professional looking to contribute to a major capital project, we would welcome a confidential discussion. Apply now or contact the Augment Resources team for more information.