Project Assistant

About The Role

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution (T&D) team is delivering critical energy infrastructure projects across the UK. As demand for secure, sustainable power grows, we are looking for a capable and driven Project Assistant to support our Operational Highways Line (OHL) projects on site. This is a pivotal role within a fast‑paced environment, ensuring projects are coordinated efficiently, documentation is controlled accurately, and key processes run smoothly from start to finish.

• Supporting the Project Manager and site teams to ensure smooth and efficient project delivery
• Acting as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders and client representatives on project administration matters
• Preparing documentation for meetings, including close‑out packs, and taking accurate minutes
• Raising purchase orders and managing purchasing card transactions
• Assisting with sourcing plant and materials, arranging transport where required and liaising with the Plant Desk for repairs or replacements
• Maintaining and updating plant hire records weekly, including on-hire and off-hire tracking
• Managing Waste and Special Waste Transfer Notes and updating the Environmental Database
• Ensuring subcontractor licences are verified and recorded
• Controlling all incoming and outgoing correspondence and maintaining accurate project files, design logs and standards libraries
• Issuing and maintaining Site Start‑Up Packs
• Monitoring vehicle allocations, permits to drive and driver reports
• Uploading documentation to SharePoint and carrying out general administrative duties
• Supporting compliance with health, safety and Business Management System requirements at all times

• Previous experience working on a busy site environment
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Clear and confident communication skills (written and verbal)
• Articulate and able to liaise effectively with stakeholders and clients
• Adaptable and responsive to change
• Self‑motivated with the ability to meet tight deadlines
• Able to perform consistently under pressure
• Proactive, forward‑thinking and detail‑focused

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabil

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at candidate recruit