Engineering Secretary/Administrator
Posted 1 week ago by Sarah Harvey
£27 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Gaydon, Warwickshire
Summary: The Engineering Secretary/Administrator role at Gaydon involves supporting the Factory Manager and Vehicle Platform Tech Centre by managing financial requirements and day-to-day operations. The position requires expertise in Overheads and ED&T, focusing on delivering excellent customer service and ensuring departmental objectives are met. Responsibilities include documentation, scheduling, and supporting financial meetings, while also guiding junior staff. Candidates should possess a strong background in administration within engineering contexts and have good IT skills, with SAP experience being advantageous.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage financial requirements and day-to-day operations for the Factory Manager and Vehicle Platform Tech Centre.
- Specialize in specific areas of Overheads and ED&T while providing engineering-wide exposure.
- Document editing, formatting, and production.
- Schedule meetings, manage diaries, and arrange travel.
- Train and delegate work to junior staff.
- Responsible for metrics and monthly reports.
- Guide engineers and senior leadership teams.
- Support business administration and end-to-end processes in SAP.
- Assist the business planner for weekly financial meetings.
- Chase team for government grant inputs.
Key Skills:
- Background in senior administration supporting engineering teams.
- Diary management and customer experience skills.
- Good IT skills.
- SAP experience is a distinct advantage.
Salary (Rate): £27/hour
City: Gaydon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Engineering Secretary/Administrator – Gaydon – Hybrid - £27 PH Umbrella – 1 year Contract
This role supports the Factory Manager and Vehicle Platform Tech Centre, by managing a combination of ED&T & Overheads financial requirements and the day-to-day operations. The role will be required to know both sides of the Overheads & ED&T but will specialise in a day to day specific area. With Engineering wide exposure, this role will provide an excellent customer experience to internal and/or external customers at all levels of the business. The team will ensure deadlines and objectives are met, and budget is spent in a controlled manner whilst ensuring the department meets its objectives.
Supporting small teams this role will document editing, formatting and production, scheduling meetings, diaries and travel arrangements, training and delegating work to junior staff, responsible for metrics and monthly reports, guide to engineers and senior team leadership team, business administration, end of end process in SAP support the business planner for weekly financial meetings, chasing team for government grant inputs.
Candidates will have a background in senior administration supporting various engineering teams, diary management and customer experience, good IT skills, SAP would be a distinct advantage.
For further details contact Sarah Harvey Limited, 14 The Innovation Centre, Kenilworth or send your details to sue at sarahharvey com.