Project Assistant
| Posting date: | 16 May 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 June 2025 |
| Location: | London, E14 5HU |
| Company: | Balfour Beatty Plc |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BBUK12908-520658 |
Summary
About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Project Assistant to join our Rail Team in London.
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
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.
Why join us?
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…
About us
Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.
From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.
Diversity and inclusion
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 www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
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://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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