Project Administrator

Our client, a successful company in the construction sector, is looking for an organised, methodical and highly personable candidate to join their team.

In this busy and rewarding role, you will be liaising with suppliers, raising purchase orders and making sure deliveries arrive on time as scheduled. The position is office based in Chalfont St Peter and the working hours are 8am - 5pm.

Duties include

• Negotiating rates with suppliers including historical sales records and inventory stock to obtain high quality products at the lowest possible price
• Coordinate the allocation of both labour and materials for each ongoing project on a daily weekly basis
• Acting as the first point of contact by telephone - taking messages and distributing correctly
• Composing and understanding 'Risk Assessments and Method Statements for the beginning of the projects and Operations and Maintenance Manuals for the finalisation of all completed projects
• Making sure purchase orders are in a coherent order and once completed filed away under the correct project
• Responsible for phoning suppliers and making sure that all materials arrive as scheduled on site
• Building relationships with suppliers over email and telephone
• Maintaining running projects and material databases on Microsoft Excel
• Composing an email stating the labourers job texts to the entire work force on a daily basis and sending them out individually to each worker by text message
• Carrying out photocopying, filing and scanning for the work force
• Co-ordination of stock take, both on site and at the yard
• Offer comprehensive administration assistance to the company in all aspects

Skills and Knowledge

• Strong communication skills across all levels
• Outstanding organisational skills
• Self-starter, motivated and enthusiastic
• Knowledge on Microsoft Excel and Word
• Excellent telecommunication skills

Please note that we will only contact those candidates that we assess as suitable for the positions we have currently available based on their experience, training, and skills. If we do not have anything suitable, we will not keep your CV for more than 30 days.

As an equal opportunity employer, Bucks and Berks Recruitment is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.