Senior Procurement Engineer

Manage technical procurement, supplier evaluation, negotiations and timely materials and equipment delivery for UCC projects in Jordan.

Responsibilities

• Develop procurement strategies around project objectives, cost and quality, working with project managers, engineers and stakeholders to establish needs.
• Research markets, assess and qualify new and existing suppliers, and negotiate contracts, prices and terms.
• Review technical specifications and drawings to match purchases with project and engineering requirements.
• Manage requisitions through delivery, including orders, shipment tracking and delivery problem resolution.
• Audit supplier performance and contract/quality compliance, improve processes and identify savings.
• Coach junior procurement staff in purchasing, supplier management and negotiation and maintain complete records under organisational and regulatory requirements.
• Support health, safety and environmental initiatives, awareness activities and incident reporting and resolution under company and integrated-management-system policies.

Qualifications and skills

• An engineering bachelor’s degree and a professional supply-chain/logistics qualification or related technical certificate.
• At least eight years of total experience, including five years of relevant work. Two years in the GCC is an advantage.
• Strong sourcing, tendering and negotiation skills, with technical knowledge to assess engineering specifications.
• Analytical ability to evaluate bids and costs, negotiate favourable quality and delivery terms, and communicate technical requirements across teams and suppliers.
• ERP knowledge is required; functional SAP skills are preferred.
• Agility, resilience, AI fluency, quality focus and leadership.
• Level-three purchasing procedure, materials management and forecasting, e-procurement and purchasing benchmarking competencies.