Full time Permanent

Lead Project Administrator

Pertemps Warrington Industrial

Runcorn, Halton, WA7 5TW

£29000 - £34000 per annum

Posted: 28 May 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Closing date: 27 June 2026

Ref: 60036276

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About the Role

The Lead Project Administrator will support operational, commercial, and project teams in Runcorn, ensuring documentation, reporting, and administrative processes meet high standards. This permanent, full-time role offers a salary between £29,000 and £34,000 per annum, with working hours from Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30. Key responsibilities include managing daily office operations for a small team, handling incoming calls and general enquiries, and ordering materials, plant, and consumables for projects. The role requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and experience in project administration. The successful candidate will facilitate effective communication and maintain efficient workflows across the business.

Job Title: Lead Project Administrator
Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
Salary: Up to £34K
Hours: Mon – Fri 08:30-16:30hrs
Contract: Permanent
Our client is a UK market leading business, conducting maintenance, installation and emergency services to the Transmission and Distribution industry, operating projects throughout the UK.
As the Lead Project Administrator, you will play a key role supporting operational, commercial, and project teams, ensuring documentation, reporting, and project administration processes are maintained to a high standard.
As the Lead Project Administrator, your duties will be: -
Commercial & Communication

Manage the day-to-day operations of the small office team.
Answer incoming calls and handle general enquiries
Ordering materials, plant, and consumables for projects and office requirements
Raise purchase orders and subcontractor orders.
Issue early warning notices and contractual correspondence to clients where required.
Help ensure applications, invoices, and supporting documentation are submitted on time.
Liaise with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors to support prompt payment processes and support the processing of supplier invoices.
Track outstanding information and follow up actions to support project delivery.
Act as a key point of contact for internal teams, clients, and subcontractors.
Build and maintain strong working relationships.

Project Admin/Document Control

Provide administration support to the Projects Team across multiple projects.
Maintain project files, registers, and document control systems ensuring all project documentation is current, accurate, and correctly filed.
Issue, log, track, and distribute project documentation including technical documents, site reports, RAMS, permits, and client correspondence.
Support the management of document revisions and ensure controlled documents are distributed to the correct internal teams and subcontractors.

The successful Lead Project Administrator will have the following skills: -

Must have previous experience within an Office Manager, Senior Administrator, Project Coordinator, Project Administrator, or Document Controller position.
Experience working within construction, utilities, engineering, infrastructure, or power network industries would be highly advantageous.
Understanding of project administration, document control, and commercial processes
Experience maintaining project documentation and working with controlled document systems.
Strong organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Confident using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a busy project environment.
Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.
Professional, proactive, and approachable manner

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