Project Coordinator
Posted Today by Balfour Beatty plc
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: Balfour Beatty is seeking a proactive and highly organized Project Coordinator for a 12-month maternity cover contract. The role involves supporting both live projects and work-winning activities, requiring strong organizational skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will coordinate project and bid teams, manage documentation, and liaise with stakeholders to ensure effective project delivery. This position offers an excellent opportunity for those looking to contribute to significant infrastructure projects while enjoying a flexible working environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide day-to-day coordination support to project and bid teams
- Assist with the planning, tracking and reporting of project and bid activities
- Coordinate meetings, workshops and reviews, including preparing agendas and minutes
- Support the production and submission of bids, PQQs and tender documentation
- Manage documentation, ensuring version control and compliance with internal processes
- Liaise with internal stakeholders and external partners to support both delivery and work winning objectives
- Maintain accurate records, trackers and reports across projects and bids
Key Skills:
- Previous experience in a project coordination, project support or similar role
- Exposure to a work winning, bidding or tendering environment is desirable
- Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
- Confident communicator, able to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
About The Role
Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group, shaping the communities and economies of today and tomorrow. We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Project Co-ordinator to join our team on a 12-month maternity cover contract , supporting both live projects and our work winning activities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working across project delivery and bid development teams.
What you'll be doing
You Will
- Provide day-to-day coordination support to project and bid teams
- Assist with the planning, tracking and reporting of project and bid activities
- Coordinate meetings, workshops and reviews, including preparing agendas and minutes
- Support the production and submission of bids, PQQs and tender documentation
- Manage documentation, ensuring version control and compliance with internal processes
- Liaise with internal stakeholders and external partners to support both delivery and work winning objectives
- Maintain accurate records, trackers and reports across projects and bids
Who we're looking for
You Will Have
- Previous experience in a project coordination, project support or similar role
- Exposure to a work winning, bidding or tendering environment is desirable
- Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
- Confident communicator, able to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines
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
With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com