Engineering Technical Administrator

NRL Recruitment; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four-day working week

Career development

Stable growing organisation

Collaborative team

Job summary

NRL Recruitment is seeking an Engineering Technical Administrator to join their team in Chorley. This on-site, permanent role focuses on administer­ing governance, records, and meeting coordination within a technical engineering environment.

You will support document control, reporting, and stakeholder engagement while maintaining training records and participating in continuous improvement initiatives. The position offers a four-day work week and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Previous administration, coordination, project support, or technical administration experience.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Word, Teams and PowerPoint.
• Experience maintaining records, trackers, compliance documentation, or reporting information.
• Proactive approach and ability to build effective working relationships across all levels.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate meetings, workshops, reviews, and team activities.
• Prepare meeting packs, record actions, and track progress against deadlines.
• Maintain registers, trackers, governance records, and documentation.
• Support document control and information management activities.
• Produce and maintain reports, management information, and performance data.
• Assist with internal communications, presentations, and team updates.
• Coordinate onboarding activities and maintain training records.
• Support continuous improvement programmes and lessons learned initiatives.
• Liaise with engineers, managers, and wider business stakeholders to ensure information is accurate, accessible, and up to date.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Communication skills

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Record maintenance

Education

Business Administration qualification

Tools

SharePoint

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Engineering Technical Administrator

Location: Chorley

Hours: Full Time Monday to Thursday

Type: Permanent

Our client is seeking an organised and proactive Engineering Technical Administrator to join their growing team in Chorley. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced administrator, coordinator, or project support professional looking to work within a technical and engineering-led environment. Supporting engineering and business functions, you will play a key role in ensuring records are maintained, meetings are coordinated, actions are tracked, and governance activities remain on schedule. This is a varied position offering exposure to continuous improvement initiatives, reporting, document control, training coordination, and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate meetings, workshops, reviews, and team activities.
• Prepare meeting packs, record actions, and track progress against deadlines.
• Maintain registers, trackers, governance records, and documentation.
• Support document control and information management activities.
• Produce and maintain reports, management information, and performance data.
• Assist with internal communications, presentations, and team updates.
• Coordinate onboarding activities and maintain training records.
• Support continuous improvement programmes and lessons learned initiatives.
• Liaise with engineers, managers, and wider business stakeholders to ensure information is accurate, accessible, and up to date.

About You

To be successful, you will have:

• Previous administration, coordination, project support, or technical administration experience.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Word, Teams and PowerPoint.
• Experience maintaining records, trackers, compliance documentation, or reporting information.
• A proactive approach and the ability to build effective working relationships across all levels of the business.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within engineering, manufacturing, construction, energy, or other technical environments.
• Exposure to quality, governance, compliance, or management systems.
• Experience using SharePoint or similar document management platforms.
• Experience supporting audits, reporting activities, training administration, or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Business Administration qualification or equivalent experience.

What's On Offer?

• Permanent opportunity with a stable and growing organisation.
• Four-day working week (Monday to Thursday).
• Supportive and collaborative team environment.
• Variety of work across engineering, governance, and business support functions.
• Ongoing training and career development opportunities.
• Opportunity to play a key role supporting critical engineering activities.

If you're a highly organised administrator who enjoys working in a fast-paced technical environment and wants to be part of a professional, forward-thinking team, we'd love to hear from you.

We welcome applications from every walk of life and are committed to diversity within the industries we support, as a certified Inclusive Recruiter and Armed Forces friendly employer.