Commercial Assistant

Job description

ENGIE is a leading energy and services company focused on three key activities: production and supply of energy, services and regeneration. Our 17,000 employees combine these capabilities for the benefit of individuals, businesses and communities throughout the UK & Ireland.

We enable customers to embrace a lower carbon, more efficient and increasingly digital world. Our customers benefit from our energy efficient and smart building solutions, the provision of effective and innovative services, the transformation of neighbourhoods through regeneration projects, and the supply of reliable, flexible and renewable energy.

ENGIE improves lives through better living and working environments. We help to balance performance with responsibility, enabling progress in a harmonious way.

Globally, the ENGIE Group employs 160,000 people worldwide and achieved revenues of €60.6 billion in 2018.

ENGIE are recruiting for a Commercial Assistant to be based in Rotherham. This is a permanent full-time role working 40 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package.

General Overview:

To proactively support the commercial team on the successful management and control all aspects of the commercial / financial and contractual elements of the project in order to control and recover all commercial entitlements. This is to include, assisting the commercial team by ensuring all value is captured, inclusive of measuring and valuing all exclusion works using the agreed schedule of rates, ensuring costs are allocated correctly, and preparation and administration of weekly / monthly applications. 

Main Responsibilities/Duties Include:

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To assist the QS with commercial administration and management on a number of live projects.

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Ensure all value is captured, inclusive of measuring and valuing all exclusion works using the agreed schedule of rates

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Be familiar with an ‘open book’ commercial model, ensuring all costs are captured and allocated correctly.

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Sub-contract procurement and commercial management

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Management and control of sub-contract accounts and variation accounts

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Preparation of documentation and the like for valuation, procurement or commercial administration

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Assisting and liaising with the buyers on materials procurement and buying opportunities

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To support the QS in the management the day to day cost control, monitoring and reporting

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Develop an understanding of the designated contract, specification and pricing ensuring compliance with conditions throughout

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Manage and control accrued income levels through regular invoicing within agreed timescales

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Logical and auditable collation of supporting financial documentation

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Ensure the company is neither compromise nor disadvantaged by an contractual or financial arrangement

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Manage the costs on a project to ensure both the company and the client is fully advised of the cost situation

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Assist in ensuring company with Health & Safety

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Maintaining and developing professional relationships with the Client, to help future business development

For more information about ENGIE please visit:http://www.engie.com/en/candidates-area/

Required Qualifications, Skills or Experience:

·  Experience in Social Housing Refurbishment; Responsive Maintenance, Voids, Gas & Cyclical, Aids & Adaptations, Capital & Investment Works
·  Experience of NSR Management Ltd National Schedule of Rates would be advantageous but not essential.
·  Excellent verbal communication skills
·  Good level of numeracy
·  IT skills – MS Office, Excel, Project, Word etc

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. ENGIE do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This job advert is supported by the ENGIE Resourcing Team. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to ENGIE Managers.

Additional Information
·  Posting Date: Nov 5, 2019