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Job No. BBUK12465

Project Administrator - Peterhead - Peterhead

Power T&D

Administration Support

Peterhead
Fixed Term

About the role

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution team is looking for a Project Administrator to join our team in Peterhead on a 2-year fixed-term contract, supporting our substation projects in the region.


As a Project Administrator, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth coordination of project activities by supporting the Project Management, Engineering, and Design teams. You will also be responsible for key administrative tasks and liaising with both internal teams and external stakeholders, including our clients, to facilitate the effective delivery of our substation projects.

What you'll be doing

As a Project Administrator you'll: 



  • Order plant and material from internal and external supplies – arranging transport if required and liaising with Plant Desk if repairs/replacements are necessary.

  • Enter all Waste / Special Waste Transfer notes onto the Environmental Database at the end of each month. Check all new subcontractors have full licenses and enter onto database

  • Control of all Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence, Project Files, Standards Library, Design Log, Minutes of Meetings and other project related documentation.

  • Issue and maintain Site Start up Packs for Contracts

  • Prepare documents for close out of contract meetings and submit documents to client as required.

  • Take meeting minutes as required by the Project Manager

  • Checking that all vehicles are allocated to the correct contract on a weekly basis, monitoring permit to drives and drivers report. Use of the Masternaut system would be advantageous.

  • Ensure general health and safety is maintained and project related administration duties carried out in line with Business Management System as and when required

  • General duties for example: Minutes of Meeting, Photocopying and Scanning and any other ad hoc assistance as required by the company.

Who we're looking for


  • Experience in working in a busy office

  • Experience in prioritising own work and of allocating and checking work

  • Highly organised and able to work on own initiative

  • Strong communicator able to communicate confidently with all levels of colleagues within the business

  • Excellent team working skills and able to build relationships at all levels

  • Ability to work well under pressure and to tight timescales

  • Very strong customer focus

  • Excellent typing skills and IT Skills including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and open minded to learning new software’s and rolling out new systems where required

Why work for us


  • Experience in working in a busy office

  • Experience in prioritising own work and of allocating and checking work

  • Highly organised and able to work on own initiative

  • Strong communicator able to communicate confidently with all levels of colleagues within the business

  • Excellent team working skills and able to build relationships at all levels

  • Ability to work well under pressure and to tight timescales

  • Very strong customer focus

  • Excellent typing skills and IT Skills including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and open minded to learning new software’s and rolling out new systems where required

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national, and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations, and distribution networks.


From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources, and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.


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 can 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


We are 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 collaborating with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in

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