What's involved with this role: JOB TITLE: Procurement Officer / Purchasing And Contracts Officer REF: Darlington 5278833 Pay rate: £14.13 per hour PAYE Contract Type: Temporary, Anticipated 12 months Working Arrangement: The role is office based, full time. In order to apply for this role you will have procurement and invoicing experience ideally within a civil engineering/building or similar environment. The role: On behalf of a local council, we are seeking a Purchasing And Contracts Officer to provide general purchasing, contract monitoring and surveying support for Construction. Key Responsibilities: Responsible for the accurate gathering of prices or quotations for goods and services timely order processing for capital works and maintenance projects and internal purchasing requests in line with European procurement rules and Council procedures. Arranging the hire or purchase of equipment, machinery to support building/highways construction and wider Transport projects. Checking and processing of invoices, dealing with suppliers/contractors on invoice queries, including utility bills for New Build Housing schemes Administration and monitoring of purchasing and purchasing reconciliation, providing pre-defined reports as required. Preparation and submission of procurement board requests including non-competitive forms in line with current procedure rules Monitor noncontract purchasing to ensure compliance with council’s contract procedure rules and current EU legislation. Maintain the Authority’s ordering of goods and services by creating orders and monitoring receipts. Review purchasing card reports, in accordance with current policy, query/confirm and amend accordingly. Dealing with enquiries from suppliers, contractors and internal customers. Liaise with the Corporate Procurement Team to ensure adherence with the most up to date legislation and Council policies. What the client is looking for: Working towards full membership of CIPS Approximately 3 years’ experience of working in procurement in a large, multi-functional organisation in the public or private sector Approximately one years’ experience of administrative functions within a civil engineering/building or similar environment Experience of providing procurement advice Experience of setting up and maintaining systems Experience of pricing tenders and estimates including preparation of valuations How to Apply Quote the Job Title and Reference Number in your application. Submit your CV in Word format. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis—early submission is recommended. We will also add your details to our mail out lists. Please note you may receive details of roles outside of your immediate vicinity, as many candidates are able to relocate temporarily for work. Please disregard any such emails that are not of interest and let us know if you would rather not receive such mailouts and/or if you wish us to delete your details and prefer to apply direct to our advertised roles. If you do not hear from us within three working days, unfortunately your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in working with us Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. AD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.