Business Support Administrator

About Bridges

Bridges Electrical Engineers is an established and growing engineering business delivering innovative, sustainable engineering solutions across the UK water and wider infrastructure sectors.

Founded in 1973, we remain a privately owned family business with a strong reputation for technical excellence, collaboration and long-term client relationships. Our purpose is to engineer sustainable assets which our valued customers are proud to own and operate.

Our culture is built around three simple values:

Safe People | Happy People | Sustainable Business

As our business and client portfolio continue to grow, we are looking for an enthusiastic and talented Bid & Marketing Coordinator to join our team and play an important role in helping Bridges win new work, communicate our capabilities and strengthen our brand.

The role

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Executive Assistant, Management Team, and wider business as required.
• Deliver efficient and proactive business support services across multiple departments, adapting to changing business needs and priorities.
• Coordinate meetings, appointments, events, training sessions, and other business activities, including associated administration and logistics.
• Maintain and update business records, trackers, databases, action logs, and management information to support operational effectiveness.
• Support the preparation, coordination, and distribution of reports, presentations, correspondence, and internal communications.
• Assist with the production and maintenance of regular business reporting, ensuring information is accurate, timely, and professionally presented.
• Support business processes and administrative activities across operational, commercial, financial, procurement, fleet, and people-related functions as required.
• Manage and maintain electronic and paper-based filing systems, ensuring information is organised, secure, and readily accessible.
• Monitor and support workflow activities, ensuring actions, approvals, documentation, and records are completed within required timescales.
• Act as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, responding to enquiries and providing professional administrative support.
• Assist with the coordination of employee engagement initiatives, internal events, communications, and business-wide activities.
• Support data collection, compilation, validation, and analysis activities to assist business reporting and decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve administrative processes, increase efficiency, and support continuous improvement initiatives across the business.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of business systems and processes to provide flexible support across a range of functions and departments.
• Undertake ad hoc administrative, coordination, and project support activities as required to meet evolving business requirements.
• Maintain confidentiality, professionalism, and discretion when handling sensitive business and employee information.

• Previous experience in an administrative, business support, coordination, or office support role within a fast-paced business environment.
• Proven ability to support multiple stakeholders, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Experience maintaining records, trackers, reports, databases, and business documentation with a high degree of accuracy.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.
• Proven ability to work independently, use initiative, and manage workloads effectively with minimal supervision.
• Experience handling confidential and sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR BRIDGES

RoSPA Gold Medal winner, Bridges - is an excellent company to work for and a great place to develop your career. Our goal is to exceed the very highest standards and ensure our people work in a culture of health, safety and well-being.

We are currently holders of the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, which reinforces our commitment to supporting the armed forces community.

We are a family-run business with a friendly and welcoming culture, and we are dedicated to helping our employees learn, develop, and achieve success - along with us and throughout their careers.

Bridges also offers an excellent benefits package:

• Health cash plan with Healthshield
• Standard Life Pension Scheme - 5.5% company contribution
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Bike 2 Work scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Employee referral scheme - £1,000 if you successfully introduce someone
• Employee recognition schemes
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay

When you join us, you’ll be part of our exciting journey.

Wherever your journey begins with us, through mutual engagement, we’ll make sure you are supported and invested in. We believe in ‘team bridges’ and leadership at all levels with our guiding principles: Safe People, Happy People, Sustainable Business.

Bridges is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring equality and diversity within the workplace