Procurement & Site Co-ordinator
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The Opportunity
We’re excited to announce that we’re looking for a Procurement & Site Co-ordinator at our new energy from waste infrastructure, Port Clarence biomass facility in Teesside.
This is a fantastic opportunity to support the Project Engineering teams purchasing requirements ensuring accurate recording of site requirements and follow up on deliveries. Providing administrative support as required to the site commissioning and O&M team. For the right person, this position offers genuine scope to grow and evolve as part of the ongoing journey at Port Clarence, contributing to a high‑performing team and a project of real significance.
The Role
* Preparing purchase orders on the Vital Energi purchasing system ensuring the purchasing process is followed.
* Verifying that purchases match approved lists/specifications
* Maintaining accurate records of POs, deliveries, receipts, and payments.
* Checking PO’s with Actual deliveries / invoices / resolving any errors
* Setting up new accounts and maintaining existing account details within the company accounting system
* Assist in the pre-qualification of new suppliers
* Liaising with Head Office purchasing and Finance team
* Raising Debit or Credit notes as and when required
* Assisting with meeting records and minutes
* Provide general administrative support to Operations and Maintenance Senior Management team
* Administer site staff training records & training course management, booking, travel arrangements etc
* Preparation of weekly, monthly, and annual reports. Extracting data from several different sources such as the Weighbridge PC etc.
* Support head office HR and Finance teams at a site level as required
* Take lead role in the administration of site Document Management System
* Ad-hoc tasks as required
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Vital Energi- Port Clarence- Strategic asset ownership journey
Port Clarence represents the next phase of Vital Energi's evolution from energy solutions provider to significant asset owner, processing 320,000 tonnes of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) and produce over 30Mwe, this marks a substantial step-change in scale and ambition. Vital Energi will further invest in the optimisation of the Drakelow EfW plant to improve its productivity and returns, ensuring it continues to deliver robust operational and financial performance as part of the company’s growing portfolio. The energy generated by both facilities will be exported back to the national grid.
The Person
Education/experience:
* Qualification in Finance / Administration with a minimum 2 – 3 years’ experience
* Experience of computer applications i.e. Word, Excel, Email, Power Point
* Experience of working within an administrative office environment.
* Good understanding of purchasing requirements and invoicing controls.
Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time‑limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK
The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.
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