Administrator
Balfour Beatty plc
Date: 1 day ago
City: Derby, England
Contract type: Full time

About The Role
Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Balvac team as a Administrator and you can build something to be proud of.
What you'll be doing
The ideal candidate must have a self-driven attitude and show the ability to use his/her initiative for everyday tasks and be able to work well under pressure.
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
Balvac is a leading specialist contractor in structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment , and part of the Balfour Beatty Group. As a trusted expert Balvac sustainably extends the life of our nation’s infrastructure by delivering innovative structural repair, strengthening, protection and maintenance solutions to return our custo/
About Us
Operating in the transport, energy, and power sectors with a focus on highway infrastructure, our expert capabilities extend the life of existing civil and building infrastructure across the UK. We implement a 'Detect, Diagnose, Develop, Deliver' approach offering a complete professional service from scheme development and design through to project delivery. These include structural concrete repair, crack injection, leak sealing injection, structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, corrosion protection and cathodic protection, bridge bearing replacement, concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques. We also undertake testing, inspection and structural health monitoring, pile testing and noise, vibration and air quality monitoring.
Our ambition is to create an exciting platform for career development through diverse and challenging civil engineering infrastructure projects, expanding our industry leading specialist expertise, and creating the next generation of experts.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone.
Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Balvac team as a Administrator and you can build something to be proud of.
What you'll be doing
- Answer telephone calls, deal with if able to or direct calls to the appropriate engineer/director/team member.
- Undertake a full range of administrative duties to ensure an efficient service is delivered.
- Screen incoming mail, telephone calls and emails on behalf of the teams and manage all appropriate correspondence and actions. Open, sort and distribute incoming correspondence, including post, deliveries, emails and overseas courier’s and emails.
- Arrange and attend team meetings / conferences, taking minutes and ensure appropriate facilities are organised (i.e. buffets, meeting room allocations etc).
- Adhoc confidential minute taking.
- Maintain accurate secure paper based / electronic filing systems and archiving. Perform general office duties such as ordering office supplies, maintaining records and documentation
The ideal candidate must have a self-driven attitude and show the ability to use his/her initiative for everyday tasks and be able to work well under pressure.
- A thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook.
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion always, using a high level of integrity.
- Good telephone manner.
- Strong organisational, time management and workload prioritisation skills
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
Balvac is a leading specialist contractor in structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment , and part of the Balfour Beatty Group. As a trusted expert Balvac sustainably extends the life of our nation’s infrastructure by delivering innovative structural repair, strengthening, protection and maintenance solutions to return our custo/
About Us
Operating in the transport, energy, and power sectors with a focus on highway infrastructure, our expert capabilities extend the life of existing civil and building infrastructure across the UK. We implement a 'Detect, Diagnose, Develop, Deliver' approach offering a complete professional service from scheme development and design through to project delivery. These include structural concrete repair, crack injection, leak sealing injection, structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, corrosion protection and cathodic protection, bridge bearing replacement, concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques. We also undertake testing, inspection and structural health monitoring, pile testing and noise, vibration and air quality monitoring.
Our ambition is to create an exciting platform for career development through diverse and challenging civil engineering infrastructure projects, expanding our industry leading specialist expertise, and creating the next generation of experts.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone.
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