Project Support Officer

Location: Steeton
Salary: £28,000–£30,000 per annum (pro rata)
Contract: 3-month fixed-term contract

Job Description

Rotherwood Recruitment are currently recruiting for a highly organised and proactive Project Support Officer to join a busy technical delivery team based in Steeton.

This is a varied position providing administrative and coordination support to a team of Project Managers. You will play an important role in helping projects run smoothly by maintaining accurate records, monitoring schedules, coordinating activities and supporting purchasing and procurement processes.

The successful candidate will be confident managing multiple priorities, communicating with different teams and ensuring important information and outstanding actions are followed up.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintaining project records, trackers and documentation.

• Updating project logs, monitoring progress and tracking outstanding actions.

• Arranging meetings, preparing agendas and taking minutes.

• Coordinating schedules, milestones and project delivery dates.

• Liaising with suppliers, internal teams and installation engineers.

• Providing administrative support with purchasing and procurement activities.

• Monitoring supplier lead times and highlighting potential delays.

• Updating project management systems and preparing reports.

• Following up outstanding information and ensuring actions are completed.

• Providing general administrative and coordination support to Project Managers.

Requirements

• Previous experience in administration, project support, coordination or purchasing.

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

• Confident written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook.

• A proactive approach, with confidence following up colleagues and suppliers.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider team.

Experience within a project, engineering, IT or technical environment would be advantageous but is not essential.

Interested?

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong administration and coordination skills who is looking for a 3-month fixed-term contract.

If you have the relevant experience and are available for this opportunity, apply today through Rotherwood Recruitment.