Construction Contracts Officer - 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
Contracts Officer to join our Eastern and Midlands Construction business

Location:

This role can be based from multiple office including Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, Rushden in Northamptonshire or Solihull in Birmingham.

Home working is also available with some travel to other offices and sites.

Contract:
Permanent
, full time

Responsibilities

Working in our Eastern region, you will be working with the regional business as well as Kier's legal team from tender to handover, on a wide portfolio of projects.

Your day to day will include:

Checking of Contract Amendments within Tenders, liaising with the Legal Team and Commercial Managers
Providing advice to the CM to enable them to make decisions on amendments included in tenders and to complete all PTPN's and PTPA's and negotiation of Contract T&Cs in line with company good practice.
Ensure that Contractual risks are either mitigated or understood and allowed for within the tender and/or Project Delivery Plan.
Collation and safe keeping of all Contracts, Warranties, Bonds/ PCG's for signature.

What are we looking for?

Either a degree and experience within the law industry or have commercial experience within construction.
Ability to work on multiple fronts to tight deadlines is key for this role.

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
26 Days annual leave
Green car scheme
Matched pension up to 7.5%

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.

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