Construction Assistant

**The job itself**:
The Building Facilities team are seeking to recruit a Construction Assistant to work on the Building Facilities’ helpdesk, based at their offices at County Hall, Beverley. This is an office-based role, with an element of home working (after a period of initial training).

The Building Facilities team manage a wide range of construction work including building maintenance and property refurbishment. This post requires an enthusiastic and motivated person to provide support to a team of surveyors and engineers delivering building maintenance and construction projects to a wide range of internal
and external clients. You should be able to work both independently and within a team.

Your main role will be to undertake administration and support duties and to assist technical staff to managing their projects. This includes: Dealing with enquiries from clients, customers & contractors, Collecting, maintaining analysing & reporting on contract and feedback data, Processing task orders and payment certificates/invoices, Maintaining and updating data and project records.

You should have a good standard of education and be proficient in using, Microsoft Teams, Word, Outlook, and Excel. You will also be required to use other specialist in-house IT systems and training will be provided.

You should have excellent customer care skills and be able to deal with enquiries in a professional and courteous manner. If you have good organisational skills and are enthusiastic and self-motivated, we would like to hear from you.

In return the post carries a competitive salary and a range of benefits including 21 days annual leave, plus all statutory holidays, flexible working arrangements and contributory career average pension scheme.

There is also the opportunity for further training/qualifications, as necessary.

Experience working in a similar helpdesk or construction administration role would be advantageous.