Key Responsibilities
- Regional Ownership: Lead all procurement processes for BoP in various jurisdictions, including RFQs, bid evaluations, and price/contract negotiations.
- Commercial Engineering: Partner with engineering and estimating teams to optimize BoP cost models and provide accurate project estimations to the Business Development team.
- Market Intelligence: Scan regional construction markets (specifically UK, Italy, and Spain) to provide real-time intelligence on contractor capacity, material costs, and supply disruption risks.
- Negotiation: Act as the lead negotiator for multi-million pound BoP contracts, ensuring robust commercial structures under FIDIC or NEC forms.
- Interface Management: Manage technical and commercial disputes, schedule risks, and contractor escalations to ensure project continuity.
- Feedback Loop: Establish mechanisms to compare estimated costs against actuals, ensuring continuous refinement of Field’s regional Capex models.
- Strategic Partnerships: Develop mutually beneficial long-term partnerships with selected regional contractors to support GW-scale growth.
- Regulatory Navigation: Navigate complex regional grid codes and local planning requirements alongside technical and legal teams.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Technical Foundation:Master of Science in Engineering (Electrical, Power, or Civil) is required.
- Industry Experience: 10–15 years of proven experience in Global Sourcing or Construction Procurement within the Renewables or Infrastructure sectors.
- Commercial Mastery: Expert understanding of procurement-related contracts, legal implications, and risk management.
- Linguistic Capability: Fluency in English and at least one other regional language (Spanish or Italian) is required.
- Jurisdictional Knowledge: Proven track record in managing multidisciplinary teams and contractors across diverse cultures and international work environments.
Benefits
Package Details
- Up to 10% company wide bonus based on company performance
- Hybrid working (blend of home and office working to suit individual needs)
- 1 month a year work from anywhere in the world policy
- Nest Pension (8% combined contributions) on qualifying earnings
- Fun co-working office space in Shoreditch, London
- Dog friendly office (with some regular furry friends already in the team)
- Free team lunch once a week
- Enhanced parental leave, for all new parents:
- 6 months fully paid primary carer leave
- 3 months fully paid secondary carer leave
- 10 days fully paid leave for fertility treatment
- £2,000 annual learning & development budget to spend on whatever best supports your growth
- Spill: our mental health benefit allowing every Fielder access to equal and unrestricted therapy and resources
- Green leave: paid time off to do something good for the environment
- Regular, optional team socials designed to be inclusive for everyone (not just the pub goers!)
- Birthday carbon offset: a gift from Field to the world to celebrate your birthday
- Genuine impact: You will actually be building and operating the renewable infrastructure we need to reach net zero. This is not a green CSR initiative, but a company that is taking a leading role in building one of the critical solutions to a generational problem.
- Make things happen: We are still an early stage company start-up, and you will have significant accountability to make things happen from day 1. You will have a lot of autonomy, will learn quickly, and be given a LOT of room to grow.
- Define a new industry: The energy market is in a paradigm shift right now, evolving at a breathtaking pace, and you will play a leading role in defining how that market evolves and innovates over the next few years.
- Exceptional, diverse team: We are an eclectic team with varied backgrounds. We have experience scaling billion dollar tech start-ups, building energy companies, as well as deep specialisms in the energy markets. You will learn from and work with a bunch of fun, curious, and entrepreneurial people that really want to make an impact.
