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Purchasing and Surveying Administrator
Job Posted: 5 days ago
Salary: £ 14.13 - 14.13 / Hour
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Darlington, County Durham
Expire in: 23 days
Job Description
Our Public Sector client based in Darlington requires a Surveying & Purchasing Officer/Administrator to join their busy, Environment & Highways Department. The role is a 1-year contract, running through to September 2026. The hourly rate for this post is £14.13 per hour.
The main purpose of the role is to provide general purchasing, contract monitoring and surveying support.
MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
1. 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.
2. Arranging the hire or purchase of equipment, machinery to support building/highways construction and wider Transport projects.
3. Checking and processing of invoices, dealing with suppliers/contractors on invoice queries, including utility bills for New Build Housing schemes
4. Administration and monitoring of purchasing and purchasing reconciliation, providing pre-defined reports as required.
5. Preparation and submission of procurement board requests including non-competitive forms in line with current procedure rules
6. Monitor noncontract purchasing to ensure compliance with council's contract procedure rules and current EU legislation.
7. To maintain the Authority's ordering of goods and services by creating orders and monitoring receipts.
8. Review purchasing card reports, in accordance with current policy, query/confirm and amend accordingly.
9. Dealing with enquiries from suppliers, contractors and internal customers.
10. Liaise with the Corporate Procurement Team to ensure adherence with the most up to date legislation and Council policies.
11. Assist in the production of documentation, specification, tendering and negotiation to award of contracts.
12. Assisting in the production and maintenance of target hours for all areas of work to enable performance monitoring.
It is essential for the role that you have a proven track record in procurement support, ideally with a Public Sector background.
Please send your CV in the first instance to (url removed)
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