Cost Administrator

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Cost Administrator to join our Highways team to work in Gravesend.

Role Purpose: 

• To provide professional administrative support services to Site Support teams to ensure accurate project reporting;
• To be responsible for processing transactions in an effective, efficient and timely manner in accordance with CSUK policy.

What you'll be doing 

As a Cost Administrator you will: 

• Process transactions including plant transactions, catalogue call-offs within delegated authority levels, material receipt/ GRN processing, invoice processing, PNPO processing, supplier query resolution, and other sundry transactions;
• Ensure that site support processes are consistently and rigorously applied across projects in accordance with all relevant CSUK policies;
• Liaise with Cost Supervisors on issues with specific projects for escalation and resolution. (eg GRN issues, complex invoice queries, etc);
• Live the Balfour Beatty Values;
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm;
• Support the delivery of CSUKs Sustainability activities.

Who we're looking for 

Personal Qualities and Experience: 

• The individual should have general administration experience;
• The ability to work with people at various levels both internal Balfour Beatty and external and apply and comply with the CSUK site support procedures is essential;
• Numeracy & IT Skills: MS Office packages including Excel (Basic level) skills are required.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

About us 

Our Highways Business Unit maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live, work and play.

We provide high quality asset strategy, management and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We also provide specialist, reliable, sustainable and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK.

We create safe, flexible and dynamic public spaces. We are right at the heart of a vital place-shaping agenda that brings together local authorities, local communities, central government and the private sector.

The essential work is to keep daily life moving!

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/ 

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.