Project Coordinator

Company Description

• United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.

  United Living Group is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:

  Property Services – We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to ensuring the highest building safety standards, we provide a range of services for public sector clients.

  Infrastructure Services – Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. The work we do supports the requirement for effective solutions to address the UK’s decarbonisation goals, and our processes minimise environmental and carbon impacts, whilst ensuring the safe and reliable operation of assets.

  New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind. We work collaboratively with registered partners, local authorities, and private developers to provide high quality, energy efficient, and sustainable homes for people to live and grow.

  Connected - We connect people through fixed-line and wireless telecom infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information for all. At United Living, we have one of the largest specialist in-house teams for project management, acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance in the UK.

Job Description

•    Plan and coordinate traffic management requirements 
•    Liaise with the LA/HA regarding planned work requirements
•    Ensure works are planned in line with programme delivery schedule
•    Review/assess potential risks in planned works that could cause delay to project delivery
•    Update internal trackers and schedules
•    Respond to permit modification queries requested by LA/HA/Streetworks Coordinators
•    Create daily whereabouts.
•    Attending calls and meetings when required via Teams or face to face.
•    Input site data into internal and client systems where required
•    Download information from client systems including drawings/surveys/data sheets
•    Complete and arrange for the issue of method statements, risk assessments, Health Safety Packs and Quality Plans
•    Prepare job pack and upload as directed within agreed SLA's and obtain utility safe digs, following ZOI H&S procedures.
•    Raise Purchase Orders (POs) for approval, invoicing
•    File creation and maintenance - electronic and hard copy
•    Report on and instigate continuous improvement by the effective use of KPIs
•    Liaise with staff, operatives & customer effectively and with respect.
•    Working closely with Streetworks Coordinators
•    Updating and replying to any other Streetworks correspondence in the timely manner. 
•    Arranging site visits, liaison with Highway Authority where required
•    General Support Administration as requested by manager
•    Any other duties assigned to support the GBC project team

Qualifications

Personal Skills

• Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Organized
• Time management / ability to work to deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Good telephone manor and communication skills
• Problem-solving skills, and positive outlook
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Able to develop, establish and maintain customer and internal relationships
• Able to drive results through planning the delivery of the project within the project timescales, making decisions and providing solutions where appropriate

Technical Skills

• Experienced civils co-ordinator/planner within Telecoms 
• Good level of IT skills including excel, and other Microsoft packages
• Experience of working in the Telecommunications or similar industry
• Experience in LA/HA TM applications and CAD submissions
• NRSWA awareness and understanding
• Adept at manipulating client tools/reports on a regular basis
• IT Qualifications
• Health and Safety Qualifications