Senior Project Administrator

About The Role

Do you want to be at the forefront of one of the world’s most ambitious sustainability initiatives? Balfour Beatty have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world over the past 115 years redefining excellence and setting the industry benchmark with every project. As a result, alongside several consortium partners;
Balfour Beatty have been selected by bp (British Petroleum) to construct a first-of-a-kind fully integrated gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage which is a key driving force behind plans to make Teesside the UK’s first decarbonised industrial cluster. Balfour Beatty is seeking a dynamic Senior Project Administrator to contribute to the Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project based at our site in Redcar and Cleveland.

Role

Purpose:

This role is to act as a Senior Project Administrator with responsibility for efficient operations of our Admin & Support function on the project. This will suit an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic individual with previous experience of working in a similar role (industry experience or working in a construction/site environment is preferred).

• The role will be required to support the project mobilisation and formation of
• You will be required to support our Project Director and Senior Leadership Team in the effective day to day running of project operations and to
• Support Administration Requirements Of Different Functions – With The Admin
• function acting as a central hub for different disciplines.
• Maintain an ongoing and open communication with key stakeholders to
• Contractor management over multi disciplines, monitoring, management of works planned and completed by local subcontractors and group contractors.
• Assist in coordinating and supporting the training of administrative staff to build capability, maintain resilience, and ensure continuity of cross- functional administrative activities.
• Support the HR and Finance Team in site allowance allocations and ensure there is a strong audit trail and tracker.
• Provide cover for the Office Manager during periods of absence to support continuity of office operations.
• Coordinate meeting arrangements and diary management, including scheduling room bookings.
• Any other tasks deemed necessary by the Office Manager to support the continual changes within the project.

• Devise and maintain efficient office administration processes to support seamless team operations.
• Develop and maintain processes related to operation of our site offices and facilities; ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, codes of practice and safety requirements.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety and building maintenance requirements
• Management/supervisory experience
• Exceptional Customer Service skills
• Must be confident in dealing with people at all levels to achieve required results.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• The ability to work independently and successfully manage varying workloads.
• Experience of the procurement/management of service contracts
• Excellent organisation, prioritisation and time management skills and strong attention to detail for meticulous record keeping; providing support working in a fast-paced environment to meet targets and deadlines
• Ability to react quickly to resolve building critical issues
• Excellent IT skills, confident using Microsoft office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Able to develop and maintain good working relationships and cooperation such that issues and problems are overcome promptly.
• IOSH Managing Safely (desirable)
• Full clean driving licence (travel will be required).

Our people are our biggest asset and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package in addition to a competitive base salary and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level.

• An attractive/negotiated salary;
• Company car;
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays;
• Pension savings schemes;
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and family friendly policies;
• Access to our…