Job Description

About the Company:

A small/medium Hertfordshire based main contractor established for over 30 years, currently working on domestic and commercial refurbishment/alteration projects across the Home Counties and North London. CSBD has an excellent reputation with our clients for delivering high quality work within specific deadlines. As part of our continued development, we are looking to recruit a Full Time Office Administrator to work with as part of team to provide administrative support. We are an office team of 9 people with a strong team emphasis.

Job Purpose

This is a hands-on and varied role and the individual will provide administrative support to the Accounts, Contracts and Estimating Departments. The successful candidate will need to apply themselves to a variety of different tasks many of which will have a deadline.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Log and monitor movements of company owned plant between sites to include audit checks and management of plant maintenance. This involves checking in and checking out equipment from company stores. Liaising with clients, sub-contractors, site operatives and other office based staff. Answering incoming calls and directing them to the right person or department or assisting with the enquiry if able to. Diary management to include arranging appointments for the Contracts Managers and Estimator Research and purchase of materials and products required for sites through various suppliers Recording new estimate and job records on internal database, and creation of paper file. To ensure the in-house Database is kept up to date with accurate information as works progress in respect of jobs and estimations. Assist the Contracts Manager's with preparation of site Heath & Safety files and then to issue to site along with a completed site set up. Collate job information file at the end of the job, for clients at final handover meeting. Filing of e-mail correspondence once dealt with into central filing system.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Previous administration experience in an office environment is essential Previous experience working in a construction environment/office is desirable Educated to minimum GCSE standard with passes in English and Maths Attention to detail in completing their work IT literate with Microsoft 365 packages, especially Outlook, Word, Excel Confident telephone manner

Personal Attributes

Must have excellent communication skills and be comfortable communicating at all levels Must be a team player Demonstrate a willingness to learn and understand different construction materials and plant Must be able to work unsupervised, with good time management in respect of prioritising workload Must be flexible and adaptive to deal with the varying demands of the job Must be diplomatic and discreet Located in Harpenden or surrounding area

Hours of Work

Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:30

Other Benefits

20 Days paid annual leave plus bank holidays Workplace pension scheme after qualifying period Free on-site parking
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Free parking On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Language:

English (required)
Work Location: In person