Project Administrator

SEA; Barnstaple; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of advanced solutions in Barnstaple is seeking a Project Administrator. The role involves assisting the project management team, ensuring documentation accuracy, and supporting timely project deliverables. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills, strong problem-solving abilities, and be highly organized. This position offers flexible working, generous annual leave, private medical insurance, and various employee benefits to foster work-life balance. Join us in protecting what matters.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private medical health insurance

Group pension plan up to 7% employer contribution

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing Centre

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Must be able to balance competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Experience in project documentation and data management is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist project management team with routine tasks to keep projects organized.
• Ensure correct project documentation and timely delivery of deliverables.
• Capture and issue meeting minutes.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong problem-solving abilities

Highly organised

Intermediate Microsoft Office skills

Awareness of financial reporting

Experience in a manufacturing environment

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.You will assist the project management team with various routine tasks required to keep a project in order, ensuring project data and information is maintained according to the project processes throughout the project lifecycle.

Project Administrator will be based at our Barnstaple site. This role allows for flexible working.

The salary for this role is up to £28k, depending on experience.

Whatyou’llbedoing

• Ensuring that project documentation is correctly configuration controlled and formatted
• Ensuring project deliverable items are correctly issued to the customer on time
• Capturing and issuing meeting minutes
• Generation of purchase orders for equipment and subcontracts
• Reviewing project costs and variances
• Supporting Schedule resource loading
• Commit to personal continued professional and competence development

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.

We provide state‑of‑the‑art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on‑the‑ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out‑of‑the‑box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Havea look atthe benefits we offer:

Work life balance

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in theArmedForces receive special paid leave

Family & wellbeing

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in‑store discounts, travel savings
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

Facilities & resources

• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parking

Theskills you need

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to balance competing priorities.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities, with a proactive approach to achieving results.
• Highly organised and a self‑starter
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills
• Awareness of financial reporting
• Previous experience of working in a manufacturing environment would be beneficial

Join us and be part of something smaller - with500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you’d like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 414300. Or reach out to us on [e-mail]