Project Coordinator

Sudlows; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing service provider in Manchester seeks an experienced Project Coordinator to support logistics and project management. The role involves coordinating between teams, maintaining administrative processes, and ensuring effective communication. Ideal candidates will have a background in project coordination, particularly in the construction sector, and strong skills in Microsoft Office. This position offers a chance to work with a diverse portfolio of clients across the UK and Europe.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a project co-ordinator role, preferably in construction.
• Ability to manage heavy workloads and conflicting demands.
• First-class communication skills and personal confidence.

Responsibilities

• Assist with logistics and administrative support for business meetings.
• Coordinate communication between teams involved in project delivery.
• Manage key administrative processes including cost tracking.

Skills

Project coordination

Communication skills

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Attention to detail

Data entry processing

Job description

Overview

The Role

Due to the continued expansion of our Sudlows Service Desk Offering, we have an exciting career opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Project Co-ordinator and planner. Sudlows, who work throughout the UK, have a growing portfolio of clients globally. We have over 200 staff and have achieved recent growth with ongoing expansion plans. Sudlows are keen to recruit candidates who will be part of this ambition.

Responsibilities

• Assist with logistics including agendas, actions and general administrative support for key business meetings on a weekly and monthly basis
• Coordinate and enable communication between all teams involved in project delivery
• Regular liaison with the Health & Safety department to ensure high standards are met and project folders are updated
• Manage, maintain and monitor key administrative processes such as organisation charts, cost tracking, project team training schedule, all staff and management distribution lists
• Attend strategy and client meetings, take and distribute minutes and follow up action points with relevant team members
• Collate data to produce reports using MS Office suite
• Support the team to maintain accurate, timely and legible records
• Answer/deal with queries, both face to face and via the telephone in an appropriate and timely manner
• Maintain filing systems in line with organisation policies and procedures
• Support Operations Directors in all aspects of required work
• Work for a global client with UK and EU sites; handling varied work streams for a global client
• Schedule resources – internal and sub-contract
• Procurement and customer facing activities
• Work within a well-structured team and adapt to varied requirements for Microsoft software
• Contribute value and new dynamics to the team in a busy/varied/demanding role with ownership of job management

Personal Specification

Technical Skills and Qualifications

• Proven experience in a project co-ordinator role, preferably in the construction industry
• Some technical / engineering knowledge would be an advantage
• Ability to manage a heavy workload and conflicting demands, whilst consistently producing high-quality work to tight deadlines
• Experience of liaising with colleagues from operational staff to senior director level, and the ability to manage upwards
• First class communication skills, personal confidence and the ability to influence others
• Intermediate to advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Accurate data entry processing experience
• Attention to detail

Planning and Organising

• Ability to organise own workload
• Ability to prioritize work and deliver to tight deadlines
• Able to maintain accurate and timely records as required by the role
• Ability to identify and solve everyday job-based problems in liaison with the relevant project manager

Working with People

• Ability to organise own workload
• Ability to prioritize work and deliver to tight deadlines
• Able to maintain accurate and timely records as required by the role
• Ability to identify and solve everyday job-based problems in liaison with the relevant project manager

Communication

• Able to communicate factual information politely and courteously
• Has everyday spoken skills e.g. telephone and face-to-face conversations
• Has advanced written and numeric skills appropriate to the job
• Able to listen, observe and report information to manager