Technical Administrator

Trant Engineering Ltd.; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Company pension

24 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Trant Engineering is seeking a Technical Administrator to provide essential administrative and coordination support to engineering, technical, and project teams across water and energy projects. You will ensure information, documentation, and processes are organised, up to date, and compliant to enable efficient project delivery in a regulated infrastructure environment.

The role involves supporting document control, project communication, and compliance activities, with responsibilities

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative, technical support, or project support role within engineering, construction, or infrastructure environments.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and document management systems.
• Attention to detail and a structured, methodical approach to work.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to engineering and technical teams across multiple projects.
• Assist engineers and technical leads with the preparation, formatting, and issue of technical documents, reports, and correspondence.
• Maintain records of technical deliverables, approvals, and actions.
• Support document control activities, including document registers, transmittals, and tracking of revisions.
• Ensure technical documents are correctly filed, version-controlled, and accessible in document management systems.
• Liaise with Document Controllers to ensure alignment with document control procedures.
• Act as a point of contact for technical information requests within the project team.
• Support communication between design teams, project teams, site teams, and external stakeholders.
• Attend weekly Document Control Team meetings.
• Assist with tracking technical deliverables against project programmes and milestones.
• Support compliance with company procedures, client requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Assist with preparation for audits, inspections, and client reviews.
• Maintain trackers, logs, and schedules related to technical activities.
• Support onboarding of new team members with systems, processes, and documentation.
• Provide general administrative support to the project or engineering function as required.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Microsoft Office

Document management systems

Attention to detail

Education

Business Administration / Engineering Support degree

Tools

Aconex

Viewpoint

Asite

SharePoint

Job description

Technical Administrator

Department: Project Support

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: South West England

Reporting To: Sarah West

Description

Join Trant Engineering and help shape the delivery of complex, high-impact projects.

Trant Engineering is a leading EPC contractor with a strong reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions across the UK and internationally. With over 1,000 employees and a £150m turnover, we’re growing—and now looking for an Technical Administrator to play a key role in our project delivery teams.

The Role

The Technical Administrator provides essential administrative and coordination support to engineering, technical, and project teams across multiple water and energy projects. The role ensures technical information, documentation, and processes are organised, up to date, and compliant, enabling efficient project delivery in a regulated infrastructure environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

Technical & Engineering Support

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to engineering and technical teams across multiple projects.
• Assist engineers and technical leads with the preparation, formatting, and issue of technical documents, reports, and correspondence.
• Maintain records of technical deliverables, approvals, and actions.

Documentation & Information Management

• Support document control activities, including document registers, transmittals, and tracking of revisions.
• Ensure technical documents are correctly filed, version-controlled, and accessible in document management systems.
• Liaise with Document Controllers to ensure alignment with document control procedures.

Coordination & Communication

• Act as a point of contact for technical information requests within the project team.
• Support communication between design teams, project teams, site teams, and external stakeholders.
• Attend weekly Document Control Team meetings.

Project & Compliance Support

• Assist with tracking technical deliverables against project programmes and milestones.
• Support compliance with company procedures, client requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Assist with preparation for audits, inspections, and client reviews.

General Administration

• Maintain trackers, logs, and schedules related to technical activities.
• Support onboarding of new team members with systems, processes, and documentation.
• Provide general administrative support to the project or engineering function as required

Key Interfaces

• Engineers (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Instrumentation)
• Engineering / Technical Managers.
• CAD / BIM Teams
• Project Managers / Project Engineers
• Construction / Site Teams
• Commissioning Teams
• Document Controllers / Senior Document Controllers / Document Control Manager
• Project Support / Administration Teams
• Client Project Teams
• Regulatory Bodies / Asset Owners
• Subcontractors & Suppliers
• Design Consultants

Core Values

Uphold and promote the Company’s Core Values – Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.

What We’re Looking For

Essential

• Experience in an administrative, technical support, or project support role within engineering, construction, or infrastructure environments.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and document management systems.
• Attention to detail and a structured, methodical approach to work.

Desirable

• NVQ, HNC/HND, Degree, or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Engineering Support, Construction Management, or a related discipline
• Experience in water and/or energy sector projects.
• Familiarity with document control processes and EDMS platforms (e.g. Aconex, Viewpoint, Asite, SharePoint).
• Basic understanding of engineering or technical documentation.
• Experience supporting multi-site projects or framework contracts.

Why Join Trant?

At Trant Engineering, we deliver complex, high-value engineering and construction projects across the UK. From process and water treatment to energy infrastructure upgrades, we play a key role in delivering and protecting critical national infrastructure – shaping the systems that communities and industries rely on every day.

Our teams design and deliver full EPC solutions, combining technical excellence with practical, hands-on delivery. We offer end-to-end capabilities – from concept and design through to manufacturing, construction and commissioning utilising a continually evolving in-house expertise. This means you’ll work on projects that are varied, challenging and genuinely impactful.

Our multi-disciplinary teams bring together specialists in civil, mechanical, electrical, process, instrumentation, and control & automation engineering, alongside our in-house manufacturing of control panels, MCCs, PLCs and SCADA systems. With over 1,000 people and a strong, growing pipeline of work, it’s an exciting time to join Trant. We are committed to helping our people succeed through our Career Development Association, providing structured support, mentoring and clear pathways to help you reach your full potential.

Whether you’re starting out or looking to take your next career step, Trant offers the chance to develop, progress and make a real difference.

Our company benefits package includes.

• Competitive salary.
• Company car or car allowance (some levels.)
• Mentored support within our ‘Career Development Association’, to work towards chartership.
• 24 days holiday (increasing with service) + 8 bank holidays.
• Options to buy additional holiday via salary sacrifice.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Flexible working based on a ‘core hours’ system.
• 1 x Professional Membership paid annually.
• Hybrid working.
• Employee assistance program.
• Free onsite parking.
• Bike to Work scheme.
• Discretionary annual bonus.