At Skanska, we’re shaping the way we live, work and connect. As one of the world’s largest construction and development companies, we work together with customers, communities and partners to shape a better society.
Skanska Building Services manages one of the UK’s most prestigious MoD headquarters near Watford — a complex, high‑security site where we deliver hard, soft and technical FM services. Due to an internal promotion, we’re now looking for a new team member to join the SCIDA team in delivering essential network and communications infrastructure projects across the site.
Do you like working in a highly complex environment on major technology change initiatives? Are you willing to learn and develop new skills? If so, this could be the role for you.
We are currently looking for a Technical Projects Coordinator, you can expect to join a dynamic and developing team where everyone is valued and full training will be provided to enable you to grow and develop your skills and career in this highly rewarding role. This role is ideal for someone with 1–2 years’ experience in administration, coordination or junior project support who wants to grow their career in IT, networks and technical project delivery.
As a Technical Project Coordinatorr, you wil:
You’ll work closely with SCIDA, CIS Projects and CIS Infrastructure teams to support the delivery of communications and information systems across the site.
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Support SCIDA compliance — Assist with the site‑wide delivery of assigned projects, ensuring work adheres to strict MoD and SCIDA processes, help with annual site inspections and highlight non‑compliance issues.
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Assist CIS project delivery — Learn end‑to‑end project processes, helping deliver small to medium CIS projects on time, to budget and to defined standards.
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Support CIS infrastructure — Help coordinate installation works and ensure all infrastructure meets site technical standards.
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Develop technical documentation — Contribute to reports, procedures and process documents used across the project, networking and infrastructure teams.
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Engage with stakeholders — Represent the team in project and assurance meetings when required maintaining effective communications between projects and teams.
What you'll bring to the role:
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A genuine interest in IT, networks, communications systems or technical project delivery
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Strong organisation, communication and interpersonal skills
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Ability to produce clear and accurate written documentation and reports
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Basic understanding of AutoCAD or Celsius configuration management (desirable but not essential as training will be given)
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Familiarity with Office 365
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Willingness to learn technical standards and processes
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Ability to work professionally in a high‑security environment
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Eligibility to obtain and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) clearance
Eligibility for Security Clearance (SC) – essential for this role - (you must have resided in the UK for the past 5 years)
This role requires a minimum level of security clearance and may also require a higher level of National Security Vetting. You should be aware that certain levels of clearance or specific projects and/or sites have UK residency requirements; and any dual or multiple nationalities must be declared. Any persons who do not fulfil these residency requirements may be unable to obtain the required level of clearance and would not be eligible to undertake this role.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [email protected] if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More information about the role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [email protected]
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.
