Project Administrator

Description

Location: Moray - Scotland| Contract Type: Permanent | Working Pattern: Full-Time | Office & Site Based

Pay / Benefits: Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within our sector.

OCU is delivering major power infrastructure projects across substations, civils, cabling, and overhead line networks, helping to strengthen and modernise the UK's electricity infrastructure. As a Project Coordinator, you'll play a vital role in supporting project teams, ensuring activities are effectively planned, coordinated, and delivered in line with operational, safety, and commercial requirements.

This is an excellent opportunity for an organised and proactive individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced project environment. You'll collaborate with operational teams, subcontractors, clients, and stakeholders, helping to keep projects running smoothly from planning through to completion.

What You'll Do

• Support the planning and coordination of project activities across civils, cabling, substation, and overhead line workstreams.
• Assist with the preparation and distribution of work packs, programmes, drawings, permits, and RAMS.
• Coordinate materials, plant, labour, and subcontractor activities to support successful project delivery.
• Monitor project progress and maintain accurate records of key milestones, activities, and deliverables.
• Support Site Managers and Supervisors with operational administration, logistics, and issue resolution.
• Ensure project documentation is accurately maintained, updated, and submitted in line with client and business requirements.
• Assist with stakeholder communications, including coordination with clients, local authorities, landowners, and operational teams.
• Produce project reports, dashboards, progress updates, and supporting documentation for project teams and management.
• Support procurement activities, change tracking, cost monitoring, and commercial administration processes.
• Promote compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements across project activities.

What You'll Bring

Essential

• Previous experience in an administrative, coordination, or project support role.

• Strong organisational and time management skills with excellent attention to detail.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

• Proactive approach with strong problem-solving capabilities.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider project team.

• Experience within utilities, power, energy, infrastructure, or construction projects.

• Bonus if you have experience supporting project delivery or operational teams.

• It would be great if you have knowledge of document control systems and project management processes.

• It would be great if you have an understanding of health and safety documentation, permits, and compliance requirements.

• Experience producing reports, dashboards, and project performance information would be advantageous.

What We Offer

At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.

Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.

As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.

For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact Jonathan Bryden at [email protected].

Our vacancies are typically advertised for two weeks; however, we reserve the right to close applications early should we receive a sufficient number of suitable candidates. We therefore encourage early applications.

About OCU Group

At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.

As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.

Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.

Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.

We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.

At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.

Our Culture & Values

At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.

As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.

To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing [email protected].