Project Co-ordinator

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Role Title: Project Co-ordinator 

Business Unit: Digital Infrastructure 

Location: Leicestershire or Glasgow 

Role Purpose: 

As a Project Coordinator, you will support the smooth running of projects across security, document control, commercial administration and general coordination. You’ll work closely with project teams to keep information accurate, processes compliant and activities on track.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the project team
• Support site audits for security and document control, helping track and close actions
• Coordinate site access and security clearances with relevant teams
• Work with Project and Site Managers to ensure timely onboarding and inductions
• Maintain and update project documentation and records within systems
• Support document control processes, ensuring revisions are accurate and up to date
• Assist with maintaining required security standards across project sites
• Help manage and report security incidents where needed
• Liaise with stakeholders to support access and compliance requirements

About You

• Organised, proactive and able to manage competing priorities
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail
• Confident using Microsoft Office and document control systems
• Comfortable working with data and digital systems, with a willingness to learn new tools
• Collaborative team player with a positive, flexible approach

Experience & Requirements

• Experience in a project coordination or administrative role
• Familiarity with document control systems (e.g. Viewpoint or similar CDE) desirable
• Construction or infrastructure experience helpful but not essential
• Able to achieve DV security clearance
• Comfortable working in a predominantly office-based, secure environment

What We Can Offer in Return: 

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues. 

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged. 

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Competitive family leave policy 
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees, and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

Galliford Try is a leading UK Construction group. The business is split into four distinct divisions, 

Infrastructure, Building, Environment and Specialist Services, covering a range of specialist work in water, highways, telecoms, security, commercial, custodial, education, health, interiors, and leisure, across both public and private sectors. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 250. Our vision is to be leaders in the construction of a sustainable future.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our business please contact Skyemarie Bree – [email protected]

Galliford Try Digital Infrastructure:-

Galliford Try’s Telecoms business works predominantly within the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure market, focussing on Wireless, Core and Private 5G Networks, Defence and Renewable Energy sectors. 

We deliver multi-site programs, and our expertise in the planning, design, and delivery processes, together with our CNI Security knowledge and experience, enables us to efficiently deliver fully integrated design and construction programmes and portfolios of work on critical operational and secure assets.

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you. 

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.”

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

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