Technical Administrator

Blue Octopus Recruitment Limited; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a full-time Administrator to provide efficient administrative support to the Technical Department in East Midlands. The successful candidate will handle filing, document control, and data entry, and will need strong organizational and communication skills. Benefits include a performance-based bonus, 26 days of holidays, pension, and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Bonus entitlement based on performance KPIs

26 days of holidays

Life Assurance

Pension

Private medical insurance

Ability to purchase additional holiday

Access to discount portal

Cycle to Work scheme

Digital GP

Employee assistance programme

Sharesave scheme

Qualifications

• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with document management systems an advantage.
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage multiple tasks in a busy environment.
• Previous administration experience, ideally within construction or property.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and efficient administrative support to the Technical Department.
• Deliver full administration duties to the Development/Technical team including filing and data entry.
• Maintain and update technical databases, drawing registers, and document management systems.
• Support general office administration, including meeting arrangements and diary management.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Excellent communication skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Ability to prioritise workload

Previous administration experience

Proactive and flexible approach

Tools

Microsoft Office

Document management systems

Job description

Overview

Permanent – Full Time (37.5 hpw)

Responsibilities

• As the Administrator, your primary function will be to provide professional and efficient administrative and organisational support to the Technical Department within the regional office of a national housebuilder.
• Reporting to the Technical Manager, you will deliver full administration duties to the Development/Technical team including filing, document control, and data entry.
• Maintain and update technical databases, drawing registers, and document management systems, as well as prepare and manage technical documents, reports, and presentations.
• You will also support the team with general office administration including meeting arrangements, minute taking, and diary management when required.

About you

• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint); experience with document management systems an advantage.
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage multiple tasks in a busy environment.
• Previous administration experience, ideally within construction, property, or housebuilding (preferred but not essential).
• A proactive, flexible, and team-focused approach.

Benefits

• Bonus entitlement based on performance KPIs
• Holidays - 26 days
• Life Assurance
• Pension
• Private medical insurance
• Ability to purchase additional holiday
• Access to discount portal
• Cycle to Work scheme and the Lovell Way to EV
• Digital GP
• Employee assistance programme
• Sharesave scheme

About Lovell

As an Investors in People Gold award employer, Lovell is the UK’s leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes and has a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of high-quality housing development and regeneration projects.

We are committed to enhancing the communities in which we work, building quality homes for real people and looking after our own people; developing talent is key to achieving this. We understand that the success of our organisation comes from the strengths, skills and personalities of our people. Lovell is an equal opportunities employer who encourage and value diversity and inclusion within our teams.

The Lovell culture is one that has been successful for many years. It is based on empowering colleagues to make decisions at a regional and local level, and to challenge the status quo whilst working as one to achieve our goals and make Lovell a great place to work for all.