Are you an organised, proactive administrator who thrives in a fast-paced project environment? Do you enjoy keeping projects running smoothly, supporting teams, and making a real difference behind the scenes?
OCU are looking for a Project Administrator to join our growing team based on site in Eggborough, supporting the successful delivery of major energy infrastructure projects, including substations, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and renewable energy developments.
This is an exciting opportunity to become an integral part of a collaborative project team, where your organisational skills and attention to detail will help deliver critical infrastructure that supports the UK's transition to a more sustainable energy future.
As Project Administrator, you'll provide high-quality administrative and project support to our site management teams, ensuring project documentation, communications, records, and reporting are managed accurately and efficiently throughout the project lifecycle.
Working closely with Project Managers, Engineers, Commercial teams, Site Managers, and Clients, you'll play a key role in keeping projects organised, compliant, and on track from mobilisation through to successful completion.
- Providing day-to-day administrative support to Project Managers and site teams.
- Managing project filing systems, both electronic and hard copy.
- Controlling incoming and outgoing project correspondence.
- Issuing, tracking, and maintaining project documentation.
- Preparing meeting agendas, recording minutes, and monitoring action trackers.
- Coordinating project diaries, meetings, and key project activities.
- Supporting the mobilisation and demobilisation of project teams.
- Producing professional correspondence, reports, and project documentation.
- Maintaining project trackers and updating project management systems.
- Monitoring shared project inboxes and coordinating document approvals.
- Supporting procurement activities and project audits.
- Ensuring project records remain accurate, complete, and fully up to date.
- Maintaining confidentiality while supporting multiple stakeholders across the business.
You will be a highly organised, adaptable, and enjoy working in a collaborative project environment where no two days are the same.
We're looking for someone who has:
- Previous administration experience within construction, utilities, engineering, or infrastructure projects.
- Excellent Microsoft Office 365 skills, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
- Outstanding organisational and time management skills.
- Experience maintaining accurate project documentation and records.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A proactive approach with exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience working in fast-paced project environments.
- GCSEs (or equivalent), including English and Maths.
- A full UK Driving Licence.
At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.
Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.
As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.
For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact
Hayley Hufton at
[email protected]
Our vacancies are typically advertised for two weeks; however, we reserve the right to close applications early should we receive a sufficient number of suitable candidates. We therefore encourage early applications.
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing
[email protected].
