Commercial Assistant

7 days ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom Kier Group Full time

We're looking for a Commercial Assistant to join our Nuclear team based at Devonport Dockyard.

**Location**: Plymouth, Devon

**Hours**: 42.5 Hours per week, if work flexibility is required let us know when you speak to us

**Responsibilities**

As a Commercial Assistant, you'll be working within the Devonport Dock team, supporting them by liaising with suppliers and sub-contractors;
Your day to day will include:

- Assist with the processing and verification of supply chain payments, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and timelines.
- Prepare and post cost journals, including cost reallocations and cost allocations across project work packages.
- Support the timesheet journalling process, ensuring accurate labour cost capture and allocation.
- Maintain and update commercial records, trackers, and reports to support project cost control and forecasting.
- Liaise with internal departments (finance, procurement, site teams) and external suppliers to resolve queries and ensure smooth commercial operations.
- Assist in the preparation of monthly cost reports and commercial submissions.- Support the Commercial Manager and Quantity Surveyors with ad hoc administrative and analytical tasks.

**What are we looking for?**

This role of Commercial Assistant is great for you if:

- Strong numerical and analytical skills with attention to detail.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced project environment.

**Rewards and benefits**
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

**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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.



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