Commercial Assistant - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Amey plc

Amey plc

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Cardiff, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Your New Role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a
Permanent Commercial Assistant to join our Commercial Rail account based in Taffs Well.

Asset Management / Infrastructure Maintenance of the CVL forms part of our Wales and Borders contract with Transport for Wales (TfW).

TfW is a delivery agent for the Welsh Government and exists to drive forward the Welsh Government's vision of a high quality, safe, integrated, affordable and accessible transport network that the people of Wales are proud of.

Seilwaith Amey Cymru / Amey Infrastructure Wales Ltd (AIW) have been engaged as Infrastructure Manager for Core Valley Lines (CVL) rail network.

A Commercial Assistant will assist the Commercial Team in carrying out their normal commercial and contractual duties, to assist the operational management team as required, in complying with the Amey Values, and assist in ensuring maximum recovery of all contractual entitlement.

The standard hours of work are
full time hours per week.

You will be responsible for:

Support the Commercial team to ensure they can comply with the Amey systems, processes, and procedures on Contracts.
Work within the strict deadlines required under the Contract(s) and as required by the
Support in preparing data required to populate various commercial
Support the Commercial Team in exercising full cost control of project(s) in conjunction with the Commercial Managers as directed.
Assist in producing monthly and/or weekly cost and value data to support the Commercial team in production of forecasts to completion of the project(s).
Assist in the collation of data / facts with respect of all variations (changes) to the works in conjunction with other project team members.
Ensure that all contemporary records are kept by the project team members for use in supporting claims, extensions of time, and the evaluation of variations.
Collate and file all contemporary
Support the Commercial team in all aspects of subcontract procurement and
Provide commercial support as required /
Always maintain professional working relationships.
Promote a teamworking
Promote the Amey safety
Participate in regular monthly safety

We want to hear from you if you have:

Competent in basic computer skills, with working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of products, especially Excel and Word.
Ability to timemanage, set priorities and work to strict deadlines.
Methodical style of working.
To proactively assist in meeting commercial reporting deadlines.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Some quantity surveying, construction, or finance experience advantageous
Ability to work under pressure.
Good communication skills.
A Levels, degree qualification or studying towards is desirable but not mandatory.

What we offer you:

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life's ups and downs.

It's the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program
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Career Development

Exceptional development and progression plan

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Pension

Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to

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Holidays:

Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays

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Choices:

Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership

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Save with Amey

Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers

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Social Value:

You'll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and
support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are
committed to working
sustainably and by
working in partnership with the communities we serve, so
people and the planet
are protected.

At Amey,
you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Who is Amey?

We are at
the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation's strategic assets.
Our
11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.
Our unique
engineering and
operations experience, together with data driven insight from our
consulting business,
delivers better results for our clients.

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We are trusted partners of Government - both national and local - managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

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