Onsite Project Administrator — 6‑Month Contract (Reading)

Wood; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood is recruiting for a Project Administrator to support our Middle Eastern clients gas project in the Reading office. The role is a 6 month contract working on-site in our Reading office.

You will provide general administrative support to the project team, handling tasks such as purchasing, managing emails, creating and updating documents and spreadsheets, and arranging meetings and visitors. The position requires strong organisational skills and a proactive, professional approach.

Qualifications

• Extensive previous project/admin experience in the Engineering and Construction industry.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365, Teams and SharePoint.
• Ability to correspond and interact with others in a courteous and professional manner.
• Possess good organisational skills and experience of working within a team.
• A self starter with motivation to learn.

Responsibilities

• Assists project team with day-to-day support of the project.
• Organises and expedites flow of work through project and initiates follow up action.
• Maintains knowledge of project status, scheduling requirements, and departmental operations / procedures.
• Sets up and maintains hard copy and electronic site file directories.
• Issues and approves access to shared project drives and websites.
• Ensures the correct functioning of facilities, office and / or business support services.
• Performs clerical, administrative and general office duties including transcription, typing, and recording.
• Ensures reports and documents follow company and project standards and quality.
• Manages project specific forms and instructions.
• Coordinates, schedules and prepares information for meetings and appointments.
• Assists field operations with completion of daily timesheets.
• Assists with onboarding / orientation of personnel.
• Arranges travel, accommodation and visas.
• Prepares letters and memo’s for manager’s review.
• Gathers data and material information.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Office multitasking

Tools

Office 365

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Wood is recruiting for a Project Administrator to support our Middle Eastern clients gas project in the Reading office. The role is a 6 month contract working on-site in our Reading office.

You will provide general administrative support to the project team, handling tasks such as purchasing, managing emails, creating and updating documents and spreadsheets, and arranging meetings and visitors. The position requires strong organisational skills and a proactive, professional approach.