Team Administrator - Roads & Highways

Surbana Consultants Pte Ltd – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) branch; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks universal paid parental leave

Flexible working arrangements

Access to professional networks and MR

Job summary

SMEC is seeking a Team Administrator to join the Roads & Highways team in Adelaide. You will provide essential administrative support, manage project documentation, reporting and team operations to keep workflows efficient.

The role requires up to five years' experience in administrative or project support, excellent written and verbal communication, and proficiency with Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams. You will coordinate meetings, travel and internal/external communications.

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative, project support or team coordination roles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Roads & Highways team.
• Manage project documentation, correspondence and records.
• Assist with project setup, reporting and document control.
• Support invoicing, purchase orders, timesheets and project administration tasks.
• Coordinate meetings, travel and team events.
• Prepare reports, presentations and other business documents.
• Support compliance, quality and governance requirements.
• Assist project managers and technical staff with ad hoc administrative tasks.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

MS Office

Stakeholder liaison

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

About the job

Join a global consultancy delivering iconic infrastructure projects Work alongside industry-leading specialists in a collaborative, flexible environment Shape your career with genuine professional growth opportunities

About SMEC

SMEC is a global engineering consultancy renowned for delivering complex, sustainable infrastructure solutions across transport, water, energy, and urban development markets. Our teams are empowered to innovate, solve technical challenges, and contribute to projects that positively shape communities across Australia and worldwide. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and gender-equitable workforce and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds across engineering and technical disciplines. SMEC provides a supportive and flexible working environment that recognises individual contribution, supports career progression, and enables our people to balance work and life at all stages of their career. As a family-friendly employer, we offer flexible working arrangements and benefits including 18 weeks of universal paid parental leave. We are proud to foster an inclusive culture that supports gender equity, LGBTI+ inclusion and First Nations representation, with access to strong professional networks, role models, and mentoring and sponsorship programs.

Benefits

• 18 weeks of universal paid parental leave.
• flexible working arrangements.
• access to strong professional networks, role models, and mentoring and sponsorship programs.

Infrastructure

At SMEC, we understand that our continued success within the infrastructure market is the result of building long-term client relationships. We listen and understand the specific needs of our clients and deliver a complete value chain of services to provide sustainable solutions across major infrastructure projects worldwide.

The Role

SMEC is seeking a Team Administrator to join our Roads & Highways team in Adelaide. This role provides critical administrative support to a busy technical team, helping ensure projects, documentation, reporting, and team operations run efficiently. Working closely with project teams and leaders, you will play an important role in coordinating day-to-day activities, maintaining project records, supporting financial processes, and assisting with internal and external stakeholder communication.

• Providing administrative support to the Roads & Highways team.
• Managing project documentation, correspondence, and records.
• Assisting with project setup, reporting, and document control activities.
• Supporting invoicing, purchase orders, timesheets, and project administration tasks.
• Coordinating meetings, travel arrangements, and team events.
• Preparing reports, presentations, and other business documents.
• Supporting compliance, quality, and governance requirements.
• Assisting project managers and technical staff with ad hoc administrative requirements.

About You

• Up to 5 years' experience in an administrative, project support, or team coordination role.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficiency across the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
• The ability to build positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• A proactive and collaborative approach to supporting a high-performing team.

Company Information

SMEC is a global engineering, management and development consultancy delivering innovative solutions for our clients and partners. Leveraging our 70-year history of delivering nation-building infrastructure, we provide technical expertise and advanced engineering services to resolve complex challenges across major infrastructure and energy projects. SMEC has a long and proud history which dates back to Australia's iconic Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in 1949, one of the largest and most complex hydroelectric schemes in the world. Headquartered in Australia, we have offices across more than 35 countries in Oceania, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Americas. Together with our clients and partners, we deliver projects that directly contribute to improving health, quality of life and development outcomes for communities and neighborhoods around the world. Driven by innovation, ingenuity and skill, our people have shaped these outcomes in some of the world's most remote and challenging environments. Since 2016, SMEC has been a member of the Surbana Jurong Group, an Asia-based global powerhouse of over 16,000 employees. Through our network of global specialists and by collaborating with local partners, we connect clients with the best teams and capabilities to deliver sustainable solutions.