Administrator in Bristol

Colas Ltd are a UK subsidiary of the global Colas Group, which operates in over 50 countries worldwide and employs over 55,000 people including over 1500 in the UK across multiple sites. We are specialists in highways construction and have been involved in large-scale UK and international construction projects within the highways, airfields, and marine sectors as well as offering highways maintenance services and manufacturing our own innovative surfacing products. We hold a 'Gold Investor in People' award for continuously developing and rewarding our employees, offering excellent career potential.  

Purpose of the role

Colas Continental Bitumen UK in Avonmouth, Bristol are recruiting an Administrator to support at their depot's operational team. The role is 27 hours per week with complete flexibility regards the hours and days worked. You will support the business by, processing stock movements within the system, managing invoices, supporting haulage planning, and assisting with office facility management.  You will require Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to safety are essential for success in this role.

Main Responsibilities

As Operations Administrator you will support the transport planner to plan deliveries​​​​​​, maintain the office facilities, taking the lead on managing the cleaning contract, and ensuring that cleaning consumables are well stocked and maintained. As Operations Administrator you will coordinate updates for the services on A/C, ventilation, Legionella, and other legal checks. You will also update notice boards with latest business publications and important communications, Purchase Order creation, manage monthly PO profiles, engage with suppliers to gather monthly invoice costs, and ensure they are processed to complete the end-to-end process for payment.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have previous experience in an administrative role (ideally in a similar environment) and be conversant with Word and Excel. The Operations Administrator will have a good work ethic, ability to work within a team, willingness to learn, good communication skills, good written and oral skills, able to demonstrate flexibility and adaptability.

Package Description

Your 27 hour week will provide a salary of £16,500 - 18,000

Colas offers some great benefits with this role, including:

A generous pension contributionLife assurance cover (x4 basic salary)25 days annual leave + bank holidays PRO RATA (with the option to buy/sell more)Flexible working policyOpportunity to study towards a professional qualification fully fundedOngoing training and personal/professional developmentDiscounts on car leasing, holidays, cinema tickets, restaurants and much more through our online employee benefits portal.

As a business, we hold three core values Caring , Sharing and Daring .

We are committed to Caring for our colleagues, promoting, equality and diversity, and maintaining a culture of fairness, transparency, and respect for all employees, clients, communities, suppliers, contractors, and other stakeholders. 

We harness a productive environment where talents are being fully utilised and organisational goals are met, Sharing our knowledge and expertise with colleagues to progress and expand on new ideas, promoting trust, responsibility, and solidarity. 

Our culture is built on an innovative and pioneering mindset, Daring to welcome new ideas and approaches. We are driven to invest in our employees and encourage them to participate in innovation, moving forward and striving to provide sustainable infrastructure solutions.