Office Administrator

Fort Recruitment; Washington; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal Pension Scheme

Flexible start times

28 days holiday

Job summary

Fort Recruitment is seeking an Office Administrator for a specialist service provider to the UK Water Companies. You will support field engineers with scheduling, data management and reporting, ensuring smooth office operations and clear communication across teams.

The role is 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with a starting salary of £24,000 rising to £26,000 after a successful trial, plus a personal pension, flexible start times, and 28 days of leave including bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Planning and organisation skills required.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good telephone manners.
• Self-motivated and reliable.
• Computer literate with Windows and Excel experience.
• Experience with field engineers is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Update data, filing reports and ordering supplies.
• Schedule work and compile job dossiers for field engineers.
• Provide telephone support to field engineers on various projects.
• Enter data accurately into systems.

Skills

Planning and organisation

Excellent communication

Telephone manner

Self-motivated and reliable

Windows

Excel

Data entry

Tools

Windows

Excel

Job description

We require an office administrator with strong communication and planning skills to work for a company that is a specialist service provider to all of the UK Water Companies. Working alongside Northumbrian Water they provide, via field engineers, network monitoring and leakage reduction.

Office Administrator – The Role

• Routine office tasks such as updating data, filing reports and ordering supplies
• Work scheduling and compiling job dossiers for field engineers
• Providing telephone support to field engineers involved on various projects
• Accurate data entry

Office Administrator – Person specification

• Planning and organisation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• A good telephone manner
• Self-motivated and reliable
• Computer literate with experience of Windows and Excel
• Previous experience working with an organisation that employs field engineers is an advantage

Office Administrator – Benefits Package

• A starting salary of £24,000pa rising to £26,000pa after a successful trial period
• Personal Pension Scheme
• Excellent prospects
• 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Flexible start times available
• 8am-4pm or 8:30am-4:30pm (with a 1-hour lunch)
• 20 days holiday (plus 8 Bank Holidays) - 28 days in total