Senior Project Support Assistant

Summary of the Role

The Project Administrator will organise and co-ordinate administration duties and office procedures to ensure the team runs smoothly. The varied role will be supporting the project management and engineering team always representing the team in a professional and competent manner, developing strong working relationships with colleagues and clients. Liaising with clients and colleagues to effectively complete all requirements.

📋 Key Responsibilities

• 📅 Manage diaries, emails, meetings and appointments for the Management Team, proactively resolving scheduling conflicts.
• 📝 Prepare reports, Board/meeting packs, agendas and supporting documentation.
• ✍️ Take accurate meeting minutes and maintain action trackers, ensuring records and actions are distributed and updated.
• ✈️ Coordinate business travel and associated arrangements.
• 🏢 Support day-to-day office requirements, including desk bookings, facilities issues and visitor arrangements.
• 🤝 Provide a professional, high-quality service to colleagues, visitors and stakeholders, responding to general queries.
• 👋 Support new starter onboarding, including inductions, IT equipment and email/account requirements.
• 📊 Maintain databases, mailing lists, records, templates and team information, ensuring accurate data entry.
• 🎉 Coordinate conferences, project events, meetings, dinners and other stakeholder engagements.
• ⏱️ Support timesheet completion and maintain team/project diaries, including annual leave.
• 📁 Assist with document control and document management, including logging requests, renaming, issuing and distributing documentation.
• 👥 Work collaboratively with administrative colleagues to maintain a consistent and efficient approach across teams.

🌟 Skills & Experience

• ⏱️ Excellent organisation and time management, with the ability to prioritise workloads and work independently.
• 🔄 Strong multitasking skills, remaining calm and organised in a fast-paced environment.
• 💪 Proactive and hardworking, with a collaborative, flexible and positive “can-do” attitude.
• 🧩 Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate issues effectively.
• 🔍 Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• 💬 Strong written and verbal communication skills, with confidence communicating at all levels.
• 🤝 Patient, professional and discreet, with the ability to handle sensitive information appropriately.
• 🕐 Flexible approach to working hours to support changing project requirements.
• 💻 Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat and DocuSign.

Why join the community of Switchers?:

🔹 The Group is currently ranked Third in the world for nuclear engineering.

🔹A dynamic career management policy to enable our employees to progress through our five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales and support functions

🔹Provide opportunities to work on exciting, global projects

🔹Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text

🔹Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs

Hybrid role, 3 days/week in Glasgow Client office

SC required to commence role. Sole UK nationals only

Umbrella Contractor or Permanent Staff position

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We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.