The Eric Wright Group has a fantastic history. From our beginnings in construction to an award winning group of companies, our reputation is built on our Chairman’s founding principles of a company that must be profitable, ethical and farsighted, as a result we have people, community and social value at our heart. Eric Wright Water is a leading multi-disciplinary engineering and construction company specialising in the UK’s water and wastewater industry. We operate framework contracts with a number of the key UK water companies. Our delivery model provides customer service and value to our clients. Forward thinking and people focussed, we retain our traditional values and are extremely proud of our dedicated, passionate and friendly colleagues who live our values and work hard to make a difference every day. Our business would not be the business it is today without its people, we strive to develop and nurture talent, provide a positive healthy environment empowering our people to be the best they can be.

SKILLS:

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

• Confident using Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Outlook
• A proactive attitude with the ability to manage multiple tasks
• Experience in a project or administrative support role

THE ROLE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Coordinator to join our successful Water team based from our head office in Bamber Bridge, Preston. In this role, you’ll support the smooth delivery of projects by coordinating communication, maintaining key documentation, and assisting both technical and project management teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Maintain and manage the project workload spreadsheet, ensuring accuracy and updates in real time.

• Act as a key point of contact for clients, coordinating project timelines, updates, and resource planning.

• Support the Estimating team with the preparation and submission of project documentation.
• Communicate effectively with internal teams via phone and email, relaying messages and important project details as needed.
• Organise and store project information systematically within our shared digital filing system.
• Coordinate site access requests for surveys and installations following established procedures.
• Carry out general administrative duties including document filing (both physical and digital), photocopying, message taking, and document control.
• Update and maintain various project related spreadsheets daily, such as trackers and batch coordination sheets.
• Liaise with engineers to gather updates on survey and installation progress, reporting findings to management.
• Prepare and submit weekly progress reports to relevant managers.
• Provide ad-hoc support to Project Managers as needed.