Commercial Assistant - Glasgow, United Kingdom - AmcoGiffen

AmcoGiffen

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Commercial Assistant

Rail & Civil Engineering

Location - Cumbernauld

An exciting opportunity for a Commercial Assistant to support the commercial administration of the Civils Asset Management Framework by providing assistance to the team of dedicated, framework Quantity Surveyors.

Business Unit
A busy and fast paced project environment involving in a range of multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects, working for a varied range of clients including Local Authorities, Network Rail, Environmental and private developers

Projects can typically include civil engineering works and infrastructure projects such as:
Roads, bridges, footbridges, tunnels, underbridges, flood alleviation / repairs, embankments and rail platforms etc.

We currently have a number of live infrastructure projects and long term renewals and maintenance frameworks underway including Civils Asset Management (CAM), Renewals Enhancement Framework (REF) and a slab track framework.

The Role
As a Commercial Assistant you will form an integral part of our expert commercial team in the Scotland Region.

You will work closely with the Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Management team providing commercial and administrative assistance.

This is not a dead end role either and we will look to provide opportunities for further education where we will encourage and support you in gaining a commercial / quantity surveying qualification.

Day to day as a Commercial Assistant, your duties will comprise of:

Sub-Contractor
Payments, Procurement, Liabilities for CVR

Weekly Reports

Job Tracker
Create & Process order requests
Compilation of final account packs for Network Rail
Obtaining signed completion certificates and chasing information from internal staff
Distribution of completed SI's for estimating
Various CVR data manipulation exercises
Distribution of Technical Query forms to client and dealing with responses
Gathering Final Account Information
Organising Final Account Information to be signed off set to Network Rail to be paid
Issuing Site Inspections to the relevant QS to be estimated
Submitting estimates on to Monitor for Network Rail's approval
Ensuring all Completion Paperwork & Estimates are filed

Requirements:

In return

Competitive annual salary negotiable dependant on experience
25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
Company contributory Pension scheme
Life Insurance
Westfield Health Cash Plan & Westfield Rewards
Generous Employee referral scheme
Support and employee infrastructure embedded in the business as a platform for personal and professional development creating pathways for unrivalled career development and progression opportunities internally.
Consistent learning opportunities
A safe place to work
Employee forum's that provide a platform for having your voice heard

Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets.

AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors.

These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring.

As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion.

Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels.

This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within.

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