Depot Administrator in Hampshire, Hook

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working? At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges - we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work.

You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes. We are now recruiting for a Depot Administrator based in Hook.

The depot administrator's role is to support and facilitate the delivery of work from our Highways Maintenance Depots. The activities below are not exhaustive; flexibility is key. Administrators should expect to work in their nominated depot full time although occasional WFH is allowed with agreement and flexible working should be discussed with the hiring manager.

What will you be doing?

• Ensuring Operative job packs contain current C2s
• Liaison with third parties to manage 'in the zone requests'
• NUAR stat creation as required
• Creation of manual orders ensuring pre start traffic management requirements are fulfilled
• Keeping a record of temporary traffic management on the network ensuring collection is completed in a timely fashion
• Managing the depot diary and closing down manual orders
• Advise Scheduling & Permitting team if permit extensions required or if permits can be closed
• Causeway housekeeping as required, eg. moving work leader, transferring from Stores to Scheduler, closing down jobs, adding notes
• Running reports for depot supervisors and managers to support day to day operations
• Emergency call taking according to rota ensuring handovers are completed promptly and effectively
• Creating job packs for subcontractors and storing on SharePoint
• Supporting subcontractor delivered work streams by planning pre start traffic management requirements
• Providing initial feedback for 3rd party claims and HCC general enquiries
• Provide cover for other depot administrators and functions including timesheets, and job costing data
• Other office administrator functions including keeping notice boards up to date, assisting in meetings etc.

What you’ll bring:

• Organised and great time management skills
• IT adept and comfortable using O365 suite including Excel
• Good communication skills
• Team player
• Curious and actively engages with others to gain knowledge and understanding
• Willing to learn about Highways Maintenance activities

What’s in it for you? We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Personal Accident Cover

About us: We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.