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Technical Buyer
Application Deadline: 28 August 2026
Department: Projects
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Sunderland
Reporting To: Supply Chain Manager
Description
Our Business
pxFairport (pxF) is a project delivery specialist offering full turnkey EPC and OEM solutions to the bulk material handling and plant processing markets. Our services cover the aggregates, processing, tunnelling, mining, quarrying, alternative fuels, waste-to-energy, ports, and food sectors, globally. With unrivalled industry expertise, pxF manages, specifies, engineers, designs, supplies, installs, operates, and maintains market leading equipment for complex material handling needs, guaranteeing performance excellence, reliability, and optimal operating costs.
The Opportunity
We are now recruiting for a Technical Buyer.
The Technical Buyer is responsible for ensuring goods and services are ordered and delivered on time, within budget and to the correct specification and quality requirements.
At project buying level, the Technical Buyer will support the creation of the procurement plan, to deliver optimised buying strategies.
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Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the entire Procurement Lifecycle
- Review purchase specification requirements, identifying potential suppliers based on capability, reputation, quality, cost, and delivery performance.
- Function as technical liaison between Project Engineer and Supplier to ensure RFQ detail is fit for purpose and meets scope requirements
- Provide the necessary support and guidance to meet stakeholder and project requirements.
- Ensure procurement processes conform with ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 frameworks
- Manage supplier progress reports, ensuring reports are fully populated and received on time, providing the Projects and Finance teams with accurate updates to aid POC progress (% on completion) throughout and at month end.
More responsibilities can be found in the Role Profile.
Minimum Requirements
- NVQ L3 in relevant field
- L3 CIPS, or working towards
- Extensive procurement experience in construction and/or fast-paced heavy engineering/process sectors.
- Experience with cost reduction without compromising on quality or service.
- Experience of working to ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 requirements.
- Understanding of EN standards related to fabricated structures (EN1090)
- Experience of project related procurement documentation requirements, such as MRB, ITP etc.
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What you will receive from us
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Contribution towards eye test and glasses
- Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
- Long Service Awards
- Employee recognition scheme – ELITE Awards
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Benefits Package
- Onsite parking
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.
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