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To manage all cost relating items to the Build Project. To minimise cost of a project and enhance value for money, whilst still achieving the required standards of quality.
Prepare schedules to send out to tender, analyse tenders and recommend to management the preferred suppliers. To source local suppliers and negotiate beneficial terms to enable you to suggest to group buying alternative sources within the Region and also prepare budget costs, documents and monitor through to completion of works.
Day to Day Activities:
- Liaise with site agents to cater for problems/shortfalls.
- Check all invoices to ensure they are in accordance with orders and ensure agreed procedure is adhered to for authorisation.
- Liaise closely with Head Office to ensure national agreements are utilised and to compare rates of orders.
- Prepare schedules accurately and in a format that is readable/understandable and usable by all necessary parties.
- Preparation of documents to send out for tender to sub-contractors and/or material suppliers.
- Photocopying drawings and specifications.
- To analyse tenders and recommend to management preferred subcontractors/suppliers to include the completion of required Prequalification questionaries' and CIS forms.
- Negotiate with sub-contractors and suppliers to raise orders to cover variations.
- Prepare interim valuations and payments to agreed procedures.
- Attend meeting with subcontractors as required to resolve invoicing issues.
- Attend subcontractor/site meetings.
- Ensure all documentation over invoices and sub-contractor payments are completed and authorised.
Knowledge & Specific Job Skills:
- House building experience.
- Sound construction background and practical knowledge.
- IT Literate - Windows & Excel.
- Good telephone manner, together with good communication both verbal and written.
- Good interpersonal and negotiating skills.
- To carry out efficiently any duties and instructions from Senior Staff when required to do so.
- To work as part of a team at all times.
- To assist all departments as required.
- To have good organisation and prioritisation skills
- To carry out premeasure & remeasures of work packages when required.
- Scheduling of materials prior to procurement.
- Good sound knowledge of COINS and its operation/use.
- Good sound knowledge of Bluebeam and its operation/use.
Person Specification:
- Professional and polite.
- Good communicator.
- Trustworthy.
- Self motivated.
- Flexible.
- Organised.
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
