Job Description

To provide professional Site support services to project teams on site to support effective operational delivery.
To provide consistent, effective and efficient Site support services in accordance with Balfour Beatty policies.

As a Cost Administrator, your main responsibilities are as follows:

• Accurate costing and control of project expenditure, reflected in the timely production of monthly project cost reports.
• Interfaces directly with the project staff to ensure projects receive adequate support and guidance from the Site support function.
• Process plant transactions, catalogue call offs, material receipts/GRN processing, invoice query resolution
• Ensure that all transactions are posted in a timely manner
• Process payroll transactions for blue collar workers
• Assist with resolution of payroll queries
• Calculating project accruals for the CVR
• Ensure that site support processes are consistently and rigorously applied across all projects in line with company policies.

The following qualities and experience are essential:

• The individual should have experience of performing a site admin role producing and reporting project cost either on a large site or across multiple sites in a construction environment.
• The ability to work with people at various levels both internally within Balfour Beatty and externally and apply and comply with the Balfour Beatty site support procedures is essential.
• This is a position of responsibility involving receipting, invoice processing, payroll and project costing
• A working knowledge of Oracle (or equivalent ERP cost management module) and construction/engineering working rule agreements is desirable.

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

Balfour Beatty’s Enabling Functions includes our centralised HR, IT, Procurement, Finance, Health & Safety, Sustainability and Comms teams. Together we support Balfour Beatty to deliver projects on behalf of our clients. We operate according to our Build to Last values of Lean, Expert, Trusted and Safe.

We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities