Office Manager

Kier Group; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and infrastructure company is seeking an Office Manager to join their United Utilities Framework in Warrington. This role entails managing project administration procedures, overseeing the facilities, and handling financial controls. Candidates should possess strong IT skills, along with a practical understanding of finance systems, preferably Oracle and CPA. Experience in time and attendance systems is also desired. The company promotes a diverse workforce and offers tailored benefits according to individual needs.

Benefits

Tailored benefits program

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong IT skills are essential for this role.
• Practical understanding of finance systems is preferred.
• Experience with time & attendance systems will be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage project administration procedures.
• Oversee day to day running of project offices and support services.
• Manage cost capture and financial controls.
• Lead payroll and labour allocation processes.
• Produce and maintain key cost monitoring and reporting outputs.

Skills

Strong IT skills

Practical understanding of finance systems

Experience with time & attendance systems

Tools

Oracle

CPA

Job description

Overview

We're looking for an Office Manager to join Kier’s United Utilities Framework based in Warrington.

Location: Warrington
Hours: 40 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Responsibilities

• Implementing and managing project administration procedures, ensuring the administration team is coordinated, supported, and delivering consistently.
• Overseeing day to day running of project offices, facilities, and support services, ensuring an efficient, safe, and well‑organised working environment.
• Managing cost capture and financial controls, including GRN collation, invoice verification, exception handling, and accurate financial data entry.
• Leading payroll and labour allocation processes, ensuring accurate time and attendance recording, labour reporting, and absence management.
• Producing and maintaining key cost monitoring and reporting outputs, including weekly labour/plant/material reports and monthly cost tracking.

Qualifications

• Strong IT skills, with good working.
• Practical understanding of finance systems (Oracle & CPA preferred).
• Experience with time & attendance and access control systems.

We welcome transferrable skills – even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Benefits

Our benefits programme is tailored to your needs. For further details, visit our benefits information page.

Diversity and Inclusion

Kier is a Disability Confident employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our D&I action plan can be found here.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.