Laing O'Rourke
Commercial Assistant - Birmingham
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Ready to work on one of the UK's most exciting infrastructure projects?
Are you a commercially focused individual with experience supporting commercial teams through data analysis, reporting, and cost management?
Do you have strong attention to detail and enjoy working with data to identify trends, resolve issues, and support informed decision-making?
If the answer is yes, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
The Commercial Assistant Opportunity
Laing O'Rourke are currently recruiting a Commercial Assistant to join our team in Birmingham.
We have been appointed as construction partner for National Grid's Great Grid Partnership programme, which forms part of a supply chain framework supporting critical infrastructure projects across the UK.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Commercial Assistant or someone with a strong commercial administration background to join a high-performing team and play a key role in supporting project delivery.
What will the role look like?
- Supporting the commercial team with day-to-day commercial activities and reporting.
- Analysing project data to identify trends, discrepancies, and potential errors.
- Preparing cost comparisons and commercial reports to support decision-making.
- Supporting the preparation of applications for payment and associated documentation.
- Assisting with forecasting using Saviom and maintaining accurate project cost information.
- Coordinating with the client, project teams, and wider Laing O'Rourke stakeholders.
- Managing and maintaining commercial records and project documentation.
- Using systems including Coins, Excel (including Pivot Tables), and Saviom to analyse data, produce reports, and support forecasting.
- Supporting the review and resolution of commercial queries.
- Providing accurate and timely commercial information to support project performance.
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What skills & experience are we looking for?
- Previous experience in a Commercial Assistant, Commercial Administrator, Project Support, or similar commercial role.
- Confident using Excel (including Pivot Tables) and commercial systems such as Coins; experience using Saviom or similar forecasting/resource planning software is desirable.
- Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Confident using Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables and data analysis.
- Experience using commercial systems such as Coins (desirable).
- Ability to analyse data, identify errors, and provide accurate reporting.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Previous construction experience is desirable but not essential.
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About Us
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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