Pre-contract Commercial Graduate

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for a Pre-Contract Commercial Graduate to join our Operations team in Aberdeen, beginning September 2022.

Key accountabilities:

• Assists with proposal support• Assists with post contract award administration• Supports contract close out tasks including preparation of provisional and final account information.• Maintains contract files and registers in accordance with functional and project procedures • Works on commercial items including rate review, claim handling and KPI calculations• Uses processes and procedures on a daily basis to help with tasks, knows where to locate and which to apply in different situations• Shadows Commercial colleagues in various meetings.

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Key Elements of the Graduate Programme:

• Access to a wealth of technical and personal development resources and opportunities
• Support throughout your career; you will be assigned a buddy, mentor and departmental manager to ensure your professional development is achieved
• Where available, opportunities for site placements, site visits in the UK and overseas and rotations into other relevant disciplines to enhance your knowledge and experience
• Very competitive salary
• Access to a range of excellent employee benefits including:

o Cycle to work scheme

o Give as you earn scheme

o Generous holiday allowance plus extra days purchase option

o Travel and private medical insurance

o Pension and life assurance

o Shares option

Early Careers Network

You will have access to the Early Careers Network that brings together young professionals and offers continuing professional development opportunities.

Early Careers Network activities include:

• Networking opportunities
• UK wide site visits
• Organised social events
• Lunch and learn sessions
• Technical and soft skills training
• Developing University and Institutional links
• Access to Wood’s Global Developing Professionals Network

Skills / Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Educated to Degree Level or equivalent.

Minimum Experience:

• Skills typically acquired through completion of an undergraduate degree in business administration, commerce, quantity surveying, or similar discipline, or an equivalent level of work experience

Job-Specific Skills:

• Understanding of commercial administration procedures
• Understanding of contracting principles

Other Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Relevant work experience within in commercial / contracts preferable
• Proficient user of Excel and other Microsoft software
• Good communication skills essential
• Good at growing networks, ability to work as a team or on their own
• Self-motivated with a growth and learning mindset
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team environments
• Must have the right to work in UK

Personal attributes:

• Ability to form and maintain strong working relationships
• Strong ethical values and communicates with openness and honesty
• Possess an ability to learn quickly and be adaptable and flexible to match business requirements

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.