Transport for London
Contracts and Procurement – Corporate and Surface Transport
Our Contracts and Procurement scheme is designed to transform talented graduates into competent and professional managers.
We do this through a variety of placements in a diverse mix of procurement roles:
Group Procurement
Strategic direction, support and advice. Group Procurement provide all three on the procurement of goods and services that TfL needs to carry out its day-to-day business.
We also tender, award and manage contracts for a range of goods and services on behalf of modal businesses. This includes information management, professional consultancy, construction, facilities and management.
Surface Transport Procurement
Surface Transport Procurement provides advice and support to business areas involved with surface public transport. But that's not all. We also:
- Advise project teams and business areas on routine procurement
- Agree and establish arrangements for delegated procurement authority
- Tender, negotiate and let high value and complex contracts
- Develop and implement Group and Surface Transport procurement policy, procedures and strategy
You'll learn about our group and Surface Transport functions, and have the opportunity to spend time with commercial and operational teams in London Underground, Surface Transport and London Rail.
For example, in London Underground your work may include:
- Performance measurement
- Customer liaison
- Risk assessment
- Forecasting and project implementation of long-term contracts for the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and Private Finance Initiatives (PFI)
Or in Surface Transport, you could have the opportunity to cover infrastructure contracts, bus service contracts concessions and highway maintenance. Whichever area of procurement you join, you'll share our overarching vision. To ensure value for money for passengers, manage risk and promote responsible procurement.
Placements
During your first year, your placements will cover areas including:
- Procurement
- Information management procurement
- Major projects
- Group Property and Facilities
- Responsible procurement
- E-Sourcing
- Policy
- Strategy relationship management
Further placement options in London Underground may include:
- PPP performance and implementation
- In a PFI team within the Projects Directorate
- PPP commercial
- London Underground strategic planning
And in Surface Transport your placements may be:
- Information management contracts
- Sustainable procurement
- One of the smaller business units that make up Surface Transport, eg the River Service or Victoria Coach Station
Further education and professional studies
We'll make sure that you benefit from a combination of learning by experience, and structured technical, commercial and management training. This will help you to meet goals along the way, and take on more responsibility as you go.
You'll also be supported to study and achieve membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
Duration
The two-year structured development programme is supported with formal and informal mentoring, regular feedback and reviews, and a range of management skills training.
Entry requirements
You'll need a minimum 2:1 honours degree in any discipline, but a business-related degree will be especially useful.
If you're successful you'll have to pass pre-employment checks before joining. These will include reference checks, qualifications checks, right to work in the UK and in some cases a medical and a Criminal Records Bureau check.
Applications
Our graduate applications open on Monday 5 October 2009 and we recruit on a rolling basis. This means that when we have sufficient number of applications to fill positions for particular schemes, we will then close that particular application track. Therefore, applying as early as possible is vital, particularly if you want to apply for your preferred scheme.
Applications
