We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.  We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
 
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About AT&R 

AT&R aim to provide world leading consultancy services across highly regulated industries.

Organised to be independent and free from conflict of interest, Assurance, Technology and Regulation (AT&R) provide a range of trusted, evidence-based, support services to ensure that systems, technologies, and processes are safe, effective, compliant, and future-ready, across 3 main areas:

Independent Assurance - We provide risk based, proportionate, independent oversight and assurance of whether a project, process, system or product meets defined standards, requirements, or expectations. 
Research & Technology - We identify, define and execute programmes of Research and Technology (R&T) to support the continued safe operation of some of the world’s most complex engineering challenges, including the UK Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme.
Independent Regulatory Support - A ring-fenced and independent organisation that supports regulators with assessments, audits, and guidance development.

With aspiration to grow, transform and evolve into new industries, locations and technologies.

About the Role

Our programmes require that we procure a diverse variety of goods and services in support of these nationally significant activities within strong regulatory guidelines.  Our priorities in these activities are fair & ethical treatment of vendors, securing value for money for the Client and guaranteeing punctual delivery for our project teams, safely.

As Project Buyer you will be required to lead procurement activities within R&T, engage with strategically important vendors, manage commercial activities to facilitate delivery and support onboarding of new vendors.
For reach-back purposes (around governance, regulation, procedure etc) the successful candidate will report into the central purchasing team.  However, this is a Project role so tasking will be co-ordinated under direction of the NPRT Programme Manager and Head of PMO (for wider AT&R procurement demands and strategy).

What you will be doing

•    Lead on all procurement activities for AT&R from identification of requirements, tendering, award, contract management and delivery
•    Establish the AT&R Approved Vendor List (AVL) and back-to-back this with Central’s AVL to guarantee seamless service from Vendors.
•    Co-ordinate Procurement activities, governance and regulation with central TC&I functional teams.
•    Proactively identify vendors of sole supply, categorised into either strategic necessity or exposed risk, and prosecute mitigation thereof.
•    Establish and prosecute a tracker for all live Purchase Orders within AT&R, their delivery status and payment position with Vendors.
•    Ensure validity of Amentum’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with documentation on Vendor side.  In other words, ensure contract commitments with vendors remain valid through the life of the procurement.
•    Lead negotiation on all aspects of the subcontracting process including writing and negotiating subcontract clauses to secure best outcomes for Amentum and its Clients in tandem with colleagues in Commercial.
•    Perform bid analysis to ensure best value for money and ethically sound award decision making.
•    Carry out appropriate contract management activity for all responsible contracts.
•    Travel to visit key vendors to build relationships, verify progress and support safety & technical auditing with [untitled Engineering Co-ordinator].
•    Expedite key purchases to ensure on-time delivery to projects and validate receipt with goods-in personnel for invoice approval purposes.
•    Work with finance teams to ensure suppliers are paid on time.
•    Work with Cost Engineers in AT&R to validate Project Manager positions on accruals and forecasted spend in the Supply Chain.
•    Conversion of Purchase Requisitions into quality, itemised purchase orders through appropriate tendering processes backed with thorough specifications (non-commodity purchases) and standards.
•    Facilitate application of Quality processes to remedy non-conformities.
•    Monitor compliance to ensure conformity of purchase to Amentum corporate guidelines and procedures. This may include co-ordination of Export Control regulation application as applicable.

Here’s What You’ll Need  

•    Exceptional Stakeholder Management and interpersonal skills
•    Experience with Business Administration, RFQs, POs, Invoicing etc
•    Degree (Level 6, minimum requirement) in a relevant subject 
•    Working towards membership of a professional institution is desirable (Level 4 CIPS minimum or equivalent experience required)
•    Expediting experience
•    A willingness for telephone and physical presence with Vendors is essential
•    Awareness of quality management practice
•    Familiarity with our ERP platform [CostPoint] is desirable but transferable ERP experience is essential
•    Fluent in Microsoft Office
•    Organisational skills
•    Conflict resolution
•    This role will require security clearance, therefore applicants should be of UK Nationality only, hold or be able to obtain security clearance in the UK

Essential Skills

•    Effective communications skills
•    Relationship centric 
•    Resilient 
•    Efficient
•    Problem Solving
•    Curious 
•    Adaptable

Any offer of employment will be strictly subject to the relevant security requirements for the role being met. This means that you will need to have, or be able to obtain, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance and either Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. The security clearance process may require non-British nationals or dual nationals (i.e. those with British and another nationality) to be subject to additional evaluation, depending on nationalities held and the nature of the work to be carried out.

Our Culture    

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.  

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please get in touch

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed,  marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.