Administrator
| Posting date: | 13 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 March 2026 |
| Location: | Chichester, West Sussex, Po20 2aj |
| Company: | VolkerWessels UK |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | VW07193_1770985928 |
Summary
VolkerHighways is a market leader in the delivery of highways and street lighting term maintenance contracts. We build strong collaborative relationships with our clients to drive improvements and efficiency in all our activities.
We have the capability to deliver major surfacing and public realm infrastructure projects. Our specialist in-house traffic management division provides expert advice and support across the industry, whilst assisting with our own, in-house contracts.
We are looking to recruit an Administrator to join our Highways team, supporting our Highways Traffic Management and Street Lighting contracts. The position is based at the Drayton office in Chichester, and will provide support to our site teams.
The tasks will be varied to support the Highways operations team and whilst not exhaustive, will include:
- Using a range of office software, including Outlook, Excel and Microsoft Teams
- Organising meetings, taking meeting notes and logging actions
- Managing company correspondence, including phone calls, emails, and packages.
- Managing filing systems.
- Developing and implementing new administrative systems, such as records management.
- Managing inventory of office supplies, including stationery and multimedia equipment to ensure smooth office operations.
- Performing data entry roles, including updating of records and databases.
- Responding to queries that may be raised across the project.
About you
- Previous experience of working in an administrative role
- Has strong organisation skills and excellent attention to detail
- Experience of working with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)
- Confident answering the phone and comfortable at greeting visitors
- Able to prioritise their workload effectively and work to deadline
- A can do attitude who shows initiative to support others
If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerHighways is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerHighways are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
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Additional information
Note for Recruitment Agencies:
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.
We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
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