Project Coordinator

Opals Group; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant and dynamic team as a Project Coordinator in Ipswich! This role involves managing schedules, liaising with clients, and ensuring compliance for engineering projects. You'll play a key part in maximizing productivity and supporting financial administration. The company is known for its customer-focused approach and commitment to empowering employees. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for project management, this is the perfect opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and scheduling resources to meet deadlines.
• Competent IT user with strong skills in Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Schedule workload linked to priorities and resource availability.
• Liaise with clients for updates and manage engineers' productivity.

Skills

Planning and scheduling resources

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Communication skills

Tools

In-house systems

Job description

Due to rapid growth within the business, we are currently recruiting for a Project Coordinator to join our vibrant and dynamic team based out of Ipswich!

At OCU Opals, we design, build, manage and maintain vital communications infrastructure for every-day use for a better-connected world. We work with major network operators, technology vendors and engineering companies to design, build, manage and maintain the next generation of communication networks. We are proud to have built a business based on a responsive, customer-focused, partnership approach which allows us to support our clients with major project and programme delivery. Our Vision is to be the supplier of choice with our clients, by developing long term partnerships which are built on safety, quality and by delivering what we promise.

Duties of the Project Coordinator:

1. You will be responsible for scheduling of workload linked to priorities and availability of skills and resources for our Subcontractors & their engineers.
2. Ensuring the daily whereabouts for the engineers and compliance is completed.
3. Continuously liaising with the client to provide relevant updates, information and communications as required, and updating the in-house systems, ensuring all details are accurate.
4. Manage civil engineers to ensure maximum output productivity from operational field workforce.
5. Support administration of finances and reconciliation of timesheets and preparation of self-billing invoices.
6. Working closely with the Streetworks team to ensure we comply with local authority requirements.

What we are looking for:

1. Previous experience in planning and scheduling resources whilst working to deadlines.
2. Competent IT User (including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook).
3. Have the ability to work under pressure and remain calm with a high attention to detail.
4. A great attitude, a fantastic work ethic and a desire to learn.
5. A good working knowledge of operating systems, word processing and data input.

Company Information:

Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.

Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms, and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.

We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.

We believe that being successful is a choice. We choose to be successful. We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.

We celebrate difference and appreciate diverse backgrounds. We encourage everyone who join us to be themselves at work and create inclusive teams in our workplace.