Project Coordinator (Building Services)

Project Coordinator (Building Services)
Location flexible (Be able to commute to either Bristol. Leicester or Warrington) 
Regular travel required
Up to £50,000 + car allowance
Permanent
51283

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Coordinator. 

Babcock Corporate Services

Babcock Corporate Services (BCS) is a global function, which supplies and operates all IT, Security, Procurement, and Finance Shared Services.  We are embedded alongside the operations that we serve, enabling us to maintain close working relationships which support delivery to our customers.

The role

As a Project Coordinator you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be part of a team that We carrying out projects in the Defence & Civil sectors across the UK consisting of specialist complex interior, office fit outs and refurbishment projects valued from £50k to £2m. 

We oversee the delivery of projects from end to end, from pre-site planning and preparation to ensure designs are translated correctly into fully working solutions for their clients.

As a Project Coordinator, you will be acting as the main point of contact and responsible for effective definition and communication of the scope of works.  The role liaises with people from all areas and levels of the business as well as external teams of contractors, consultants and suppliers. Stakeholder management and communication are key.

•    Undertake space planning, technical drawings and furniture / material selection
•    Providing advice to stakeholders on space planning problems and furniture solutions
•    Project managing retrofit and refurbishment projects
•    Project manage moves of staff required as part of office closures or office refurbishments.
•    Manage the disposal or recycling of unwanted furniture.
•    Providing support to the rest of the Projects team during times of annual leave or sickness
•    Liaising with clients to clarify project requirements, scope and objectives
•    Identifying and planning for risks and potential barriers to project delivery
•    Liaising with the operations team to book and manage resourcing requests
•    Creating project plans and purchasing schedules, including anticipated logistics
•    Checking in and liaising with clients to make sure their needs are met as the project evolves
•    Coordinating activities with other trades, stakeholders, and delivery partner
•    Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports
•    Reviewing project plans, floorplans and specifications 
•    Ensure effective management of project documentation for future retrieval

Essential experience of the Project Coordinator

•    Proven ability to manage own projects
•    Proficiency with AutoCAD and MS Office
•    Ability to contribute to the successful delivery of complex, small, medium and large-scale projects
•    Clean driving licence
•    Ability to travel UK wide and stay away from home overnight, for one or two days a few times each year.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance level for this role.

Our Benefits

•    Generous holiday allowance 
•    Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
•    Employee share scheme 
•    Employee shopping savings portal
•    Payment of Professional Fees
•    Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave 
•    Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
•    ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

For the full extensive Benefits package please visit our Careers pages

Babcock International 

For over 130 years Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

 
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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