Tender Planner - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group
Kier Group
Verified Company
Cambridge, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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 Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks team in our preconstruction department where you will be wholly responsible for planning and programming of tenders for Civil infrastructure of up to medium value (circa £25m).

Experience of working within the water and nuclear/defence sectors is preferred.

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

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

And so much more You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website.


Who is Kier?**As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.


We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.


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.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here.

**Closing Date: 31 August 2023
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