About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Project Assistant to join our Rail Team in London.

THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES/EXPERIENCE ARE ESSENTIAL:

• Experience in construction and/or rail
• Flexible, hardworking, good communication skills
• Organisational skills, works well under pressure
• Ability to multitask effectively
• Strong eye for detail
• Strong Microsoft Package knowledge (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES/EXPERIENCE ARE DESIRABLE:

• Experience of material inspection
• Engineering drawing knowledge
  Why work for us
  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.

ROLE PURPOSE:

• The function of this role is to provide support to the Project Management team with document controls, meeting arrangements (internal and external) organising events, team resourcing, project procurement and quality assurance duties and ad-hoc admin duties.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Ensure that effective administrative support is provided to the Project Team.
• Provide administrative support to control documentation records, inward and outgoing through data management systems in line with project controls.
• Support the Project Administration by undertaking a range of regular and ‘ad hoc’ administrative tasks including order processing, document controls, filing, stores controls, client paperwork and minutes to support the effective provision of project administration services to the project.
• Work to exceed expected quality standards, comply with processes at all times and contribute to improvements.
• Pro-actively support the behavioural safety programme & live the BB Values. Contribute positively to the achievement of high performance across the team.
  Who we’re looking for

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