About the role
Balfour Beatty, a leading international infrastructure group, is seeking a Project Administrator to join our Highways team in Oxford. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in supporting one of our highways projects, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations both for our team and our visitors.
As a Project Administrator, you will be the first point of contact for the project site office, helping to create a welcoming and professional environment.
What you'll be doing
As a Project Administrator you will be:
* Greeting and assisting visitors, clients, and partners in a professional manner
* Managing the reception area and ensuring a positive first impression of Balfour Beatty
* Providing administrative support to the project team, including document control, meeting coordination, and record keeping
* Handling incoming calls, correspondence, and enquiries efficiently
* Supporting compliance with health, safety, and site security procedures
* Assisting with general office management and day-to-day administrative tasks.
Who we're looking for
You will have the following:
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a customer-focused approach.
* Previous administration or receptionist experience, preferably in a construction or infrastructure environment
* Good IT skills (MS Office: Word, Excel, Outlook)
* A positive, professional attitude and a willingness to support the wider team
* The ability to maintain confidentiality and work with accuracy and attention to detail.
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?
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
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:
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:
Job Reference: BBUK12486