Executive Assistant

About The Role At Balfour Beatty , we are leading the transformation of the UK’s infrastructure, delivering some of the country’s most complex and iconic projects. Our teams are shaping the future of energy, transport, and essential infrastructure – safely, sustainably, and collaboratively. We are seeking a highly capable Executive Assistant on a 1 2 Month FTC to act as a trusted partner, delivering high-level support in a fast-paced, complex environment. Sizewell C is one of the UK’s largest low-carbon infrastructure projects, supporting the country’s long-term energy strategy. As part of the MEH Alliance , you’ll play a critical role supporting the Alliance Director and wider Leadership Team.

Bristol (Aztec West) | Hybrid (min. 2 days office)

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities

• Provide dedicated, high-level executive support to the Alliance Director
• Manage complex diaries, priorities and stakeholder engagements
• Coordinate meetings, travel, accommodation and expenses
• Act as a key point of contact, managing information flow and competing demands
• Prepare and quality-check briefings, presentations and papers
• Attend leadership meetings, capturing actions and outcomes
• Support communication and coordination across the MEH Alliance
• Maintain structured records and documentation

Who we're looking for

• proven experience supporting senior executives within complex organisations
• highly organised with strong prioritisation skills
• confident communicator, able to engage at all levels
• able to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• proactive, forward-thinking and able to anticipate needs
• comfortable working with minimal direction in a fast-paced environment
• strong Microsoft Office skills (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint)
• Able to obtain a security clearance

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities. Why join us? Benefits As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

About Us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise. We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.