Assistant Contract Officer

November 9, 2017 | Comments Off on Assistant Contract Officer

Assistant Contract Officer

Salary/Rate:

£25k/annum

Vacancy Type:

Permanent Full-Time

Location:

Quedgeley

Description


With offices in Quedgeley, Birmingham, Newbury and Nottingham, Kier Construction - Central, a local trading division of Kier Group, has an enviable reputation for delivering high quality multi award winning buildings. Our professionalism and capability, particularly in design and build, has generated successful partnerships with many major clients both locally and nationally. Kier Construction - Central are looking to recruit an Assistant Contracts Officer to support the existing Contracts Officers within the Commercial Department. Whilst the role is based in Quedgeley, the Contract Officer and therefore the Assistant Contract Officer, supports all four of the Kier-Central offices.

A Contract Officer takes responsibility for the checking of Contract Amendments within tenders, liaises with the Legal Team and Commercial Managers, and provides advice to the bid team / Directors to enable them to make decisions on contract terms. This includes the submission of all requisite notifications (PTPN's) and approvals (PTPA's) to tender and the negotiation of contract terms in line with company good practice and standing orders. Duties include the collation and safe-keeping of all Contracts, Warranties, Bonds/ PCG's.

The Assistant Contract Officer will provide support to the Contract Officers in fulfilling the above role, and carry out administrative tasks such as board report submissions, maintaining records, databases and filing of contract documents. The ideal candidate would demonstrate an excellent attention to detail, be motivated and a self-starter, preferably with a degree or previous legal experience.

Responsibilities:

  • To assist and support the Contracts Officer function.
  • To Interrogate the Tender List, recording the allocation of projects and preparing files for Permission to Proceed purposes, including partial completion of the PTPN form.
  • To initiate correspondence with Kier Group regarding bonds, parent company guarantees and insurances.
  • Carrying out credit checks and liaising with the Finance Department.
  • Checking, engrossing and seeking signature for warranties, and contractual documents as required.
  • To arrange for the posting & couriering of contract documents, copying, engrossing, scanning, recording and archiving documents as required.
  • Prepare the Departments Board Report submission on a monthly basis.
  • Raising and disseminating Contract Award notifications
  • Checking of documents against pre-agreed formats.
  • Training and support will be offered to the successful candidate with regards to career progression within the department.

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