Commercial Administrator

Role Title: Commercial Administrator

Location: Essex, RM16 6RL

Salary: £28,000 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent / Full-Time

Benefits: Auto Enrolment Pension; £25,000 Life Assurance; Westfield Health Care

About the Role:

The Commercial Administrator is a newly created role to support Blackwell Earthmoving's Lower Thames Crossing project team to perform a variety of administrative tasks including providing support to our managers and wider team, assisting in daily office needs managing our projects general administrative activities.

The role will be based full-time in our Lower Thames Crossing office based in Pilgrims Lane.

In so doing, the postholder will be influential in achieving the Company’s mission statement in accordance with the Company’s values which are:

Mission statement:

Our mission is for Blackwell Earthmoving to be the specialist contractor of choice within UK major infrastructure.

Our values:

• Responsible: Sharing ownership and accountability for Project outcomes at strategic, corporate and individual levels by engendering a collaborative, honest and transparent approach.
• Respectful: Emphasising the wellbeing of those whom we encounter by understanding and recognising the sensitivities and values of other Project parties, stakeholders as well as our people.
• Relentless: Adopting a high energy delivery-focussed approach throughout the lifecycle of the Project without falter.
• Resilient: Ensure that we persevere when challenges and obstacles arise, which we expect in the unpredictable nature of earthmoving.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Downloading and Processing of Allocation Sheets into the Commercial Data System
• Checking of Allocation Sheets and returning for amendments to Site Team
• Saving late or changed Allocation Sheets and updating the Commercial Data System to match
• Produce weekly operator timesheets for Project Director's approval
• Distribute timesheets to agencies and handle queries
• Checking of Commercial Data for errors
• Inputting of Blackwell Operator hours on to the Time Management System
• Checking and correcting of the Time Management System
• Data inputting in weekly/monthly trackers
• Liaison with the project team to ensure that deadlines are met
• Miscellaneous administration and support tasks when required

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience as an administrative assistant, virtual assistant or working in an office environment.
• Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, in particular)
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise work
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to multi-task