Purchasing Officer

2 weeks ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Energy and Public Works Full time

As the Queensland Government's builder, QBuild plays an important role in communities across the state by building & maintaining government-owned assets such as schools, social housing, police stations & correctional & health facilities.

Key responsibilities

  • Communicating procurement strategies & Queensland Procurement Policy requirements to staff & facilitating changes to traditional procurement practices through training & education programs.
  • Sourcing & correlating a range of data from both internal & external to QBuild, comparing data to other government agencies & industry standards, & producing a range of reports to present to the Procurement Manager, QBuild Executives & other stakeholders & clients.
  • Preparing & calling of tenders for a variety of categories involving construction, maintenance, consulting & upgrade activities, including evaluation & regulatory techniques.
  • Providing assistance to estimating staff in pricing future works.
  • Implementing local procurement practices & processes in accordance with the Queensland Procurement Policy & contributing to reduced material & subcontractor costs.
  • Establishing relationships with suppliers & subcontractors focusing on competitive pricing & meeting established performance standards.
  • Maintaining awareness of industry procurement & estimating practices & striving to continuously improve the procurement & estimating function within the region.
  • Liaising with suppliers & subcontractors to contribute to the development & implementation of regional Standing Offer Agreements & medium & major building contracts within regional areas
  • Ordering materials & processing a range of purchase orders, work orders, field release orders for goods & services required for regional delivery. Ensuring compliance with the Queensland Procurement Policy, delegation & other polices & legislation relating to procurement in government.
  • Undertaking operational procurement activities including investigating problems & leading special projects as required.
  • Providing guidance to field & operational staff in procurement & the associated policies.
  • Developing & delivering procurement, purchasing & contract management training programs, ongoing skills frameworks, training materials & coordinating the presentation of training sessions.
  • Developing, implementing & monitoring procurement instructions, procedures, guidelines & standard forms while maintaining document control (in conjunction with Quality Assurance).
  • Demonstrating professionalism & being an enthusiastic contributor to QBuild' culture & a positive leader in a great team.
  • Providing efficient & high standards of customer service to QBuild customers, including coordinating responses to escalated customer queries.
All applicants must be eligible to work in Australia.
If you have any questions regarding the position please contact Michelle Chiappara on

Job Ad Reference:
QLD/542756/24

Closing Date:
Friday, 16th February 2024This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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