Tender Planner - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group

Verified Company

Cambridge, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're looking for a
Tender Planner **to join our Preconstruction department. Within this role you can enjoy 26 days annual leave, sharesave scheme, family friendly policies and even more.

Location:
Flexible working available with a base location of Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire

Contract:
Permanent, agile working

Salary:
Competitive + benefits

Responsibilities

As a Planner you'll be working within the Infrastructure Major Projects team in our preconstruction department where you will be wholly responsible for planning and programming of tenders for Civil and Rail infrastructure of up to medium value (circa £20m).

Your day to day will include:

Review all tender documentation, identifying key data and sharing this with the tender team. Ensure that this key information is included in the tender programme
Develop a construction strategy and methodology in conjunction with the tender team
Develop a logistics strategy for each project
Develop a logic linked, optimised, tender stage programme in sufficient detail that reflects and describes the scope and strategy of the project and allows appropriate assessment of risk and contractual issues
Provide fully resourced programmes, produce resource histograms, resource level programmes, understand and communicate the effect on programme schedules to the project team.

Who are we looking for?
This role of Planner is great for you if:

Capable of being responsible for the delivery of the planning for small
medium value or simple project with little supervision
Capable of undertaking planning of larger value or more complex projects under senior planner supervision
Of sufficient experience to be trusted within the tender team
Able to influence the tender process
Able to identify risk items and time related commercial issues within the tender documents and programme and seek appropriate advice

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more.
- professional subscription - you will get one professional subscription funded to support your professional development.
- pension - you will be able to join the Kier Retirement Savings Plan (KRSP)

Kier rewards
You will have access to discounted shopping including restaurants, insurance companies, and supermarkets.

- employee referral scheme - refer a friend or family member to work for Kier

Who is Kier?

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress.

We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more.

Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

**Closing Date: 22 March 2023