Business Operations Co-ordinator in Basildon

We are Bertrandt. An independent, international engineering service provider with decades of expertise. With cross-industry know-how and a comprehensive understanding of systems and products, we create technological solutions across the entire value chain. We focus on the trending topics of digitalization, e-mobility, and autonomous systems, primarily for the automotive, aerospace, defense, and mechanical engineering industries, consistently enabling the development of tailor-made solutions. Our goal: to accelerate technological progress and make a meaningful contribution to a sustainable future. We work toward this every day - with approximately 12,000 employees at over 50 locations worldwide.

We are Bertrandt. An independent, international engineering service provider with decades of expertise. With cross-industry know-how and a comprehensive understanding of systems and products, we create technological solutions across the entire value chain. We focus on the trending topics of digitalization, e-mobility, and autonomous systems, primarily for the automotive, aerospace, defense, and mechanical engineering industries, consistently enabling the development of tailor-made solutions. Our goal: to accelerate technological progress and make a meaningful contribution to a sustainable future. We work toward this every day - with approximately 12,000 employees at over 50 locations worldwide. We are recruiting for a Business Operations Co-ordinator for our customer

This is a 12 month contract, up to 5 days in the office depending on collaboration requirements, min 4 days onsite per week

Role And Responsibilities

Provide business operations, finance administration and departmental support to the Advanced Planning & Business team. The role supports the efficient delivery of business processes, budget administration, training coordination, reporting activities and continuous improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will work across a range of business activities, helping maintain departmental systems, processes and records while supporting project and operational requirements.

• Support departmental budget administration and financial tracking activities.
• Assist with purchase orders, invoice processing, WBS administration and financial reporting.
• Coordinate training activities, records, bookings and learning compliance requirements.
• Maintain departmental SharePoint sites, trackers and business records.
• Support meeting coordination, action tracking and governance activities.
• Assist with reporting, presentations and management information.
• Support resource planning, project administration and business operations activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and reduce administrative burden.
• Assist business operations to ensure continuity during absences and peak workload periods.

Skills Required

• Strong organisational and administrative skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams capability.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Proactive approach to problem solving.
• Comfortable working with financial and operational data.
• Ability to build effective working relationships across multiple stakeholders.

Skills Preferred

• Budget tracking and financial administration.
• Purchase order and invoice management.
• SharePoint and reporting tools.
• Manufacturing, engineering or programme office environments.
• Project Management

Education Preferred

Business, Finance, Accounting, Project Management or Engineering-related qualification. Working towards a professional business or finance qualification.

Additional Information

This role provides flexible business support across a wide range of operational, financial and administrative activities. The position offers exposure to manufacturing planning, business operations, programme delivery, finance administration and continuous improvement activities within a fast-paced engineering organisation.

At Bertrandt, we place great importance on equal treatment and equal opportunity. Our hiring decisions are based on the experience and skills of the applicants.

People with severe disabilities or those deemed equivalent under SGB IX are warmly welcomed and will be given preference in hiring if equally qualified.