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Job Description
The post is established to support RUL Commercial Management team, this is a key role for the company's future development and success in delivering a continuous flow of new business and identifying future opportunities in both competitive tendering and design and build projects.
Candidates should take the time to read all the elements of this job advert carefully Please make your application promptly.
Responsibilities
- Compile and issue invitations to tender, analyse subcontractor quotations and make recommendations for placement of orders
- Measure, price, negotiate and agree budgets and costs for variations to project scope
- Tendering and Estimating
- Check project costs are correct and raise/resolve queries where necessary.
- Attend pre-contract meetings, and ensure timely completion of agreed actions.
- Contribution and input in to implementing new methods to streamline and advance the Commercial reporting functions within the RUL business.
- Carry out reconciliation of cost and value to date/forecast to keep the management team informed of project performances
- Understanding of the contracts RUL are working to and are engaged to with Clients.
- Attendance to monthly financial meetings with Company Directors
- Representing Rochester Utilities brand as a market leading utility infrastructure provider
- Ensuring the highest standards of Health and Safety to self and work colleagues.
- Following Management instructions and challenging where they are not understood, or you believe they could be improved.
- Dealing with both Clients and Sub-Contractors in a courteous and informative way Keeping your Team Leader/Management updated with your needs to ensure smooth work productivity.
- Timely submission of all required documentation - holiday forms, etc.
- Ensuring availability for training courses deemed relevant by Team Leader/Management
- Knowledge of, and adherence to, applicable RUL Policies
- Assist in the guidance and development of junior surveyors.
- Undertaking various Ad hoc duties within the commercial team
Knowledge & key skills
Essential:
- Relevant Industry experience within similar field
- High Competence in Excel package
- Reliable and punctual
- Able to perform extensive tasks to tight deadlines.
- Able to accurately follow instructions and challenge where required.
- Commitment to working safely.
- Willing to learn new skills and further develop within the commercial team.
- Flexible in approach and able to assist other commercial areas when required.
- Good working knowledge of Word, Power point packages
- Self-motivated, detail orientated and very organised with an aptitude for working with numbers.
- Experience in tender estimating
Desirable
- Hold a relevant degree (e.g. Quantity Surveying or Construction Management);
- Good Communication Skills
- Driving License (site visits may be required)
- NEC/JCT Contract Experience
Critical Success Factors
Is regarded as:
A key contributor to the success of Rochester Utilities
Determined, positive and professional. Flexible within commercial department
Demonstrates success by:
Successful commercial overview from start to completion on all schemes