Senior Administrator

Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia

Bligh Tanner is one of Australia’s most awarded engineering consultancies. We work on innovative and complex engineering projects, including engaging public artworks, playgrounds, solar farms, ecotourism projects, community facilities and the restoration of urban creeks.  We have a strong focus on projects that utilize our technical expertise and make a significant contribution to our society and the environment. 

The business has a proud 30-year history, and we’re looking for someone to help leverage this strong reputation and contribute to the next phase of the company’s success. At our core we are a company built around our culture and our people. We are inclusive, collaborative and believe in working together to solve complex problems. We seek to attract and retain the best talent available and invest in their development to ensure they have the training, tools and resources they need to perform at their potential.

We expect staff to become leaders in their fields, and we motivate and retain employees by providing a sense of genuine autonomy, mastery and purpose in their work.

The Bligh Tanner team members:

• are high performing individuals who operate well under pressure
• are collaborative rather than competitive 
• are inquisitive and seek to learn and evolve
• are solution-focused and display high integrity and resilience in dealing with unexpected challenges 
• welcome the opportunity to lead or contribute to projects
• have an attitude that no task is above or below them 
• have autonomy and a flexible work environment based on trust instead of rules 

We offer competitive salaries, flexible working conditions and open access to the business and industry leaders. We invest in the training and development of our people, and support developing specialist skills and project management skills.

+ The Opportunity

We have an opportunity for a Senior Administrator to provide solutions to key office administration tasks. The purpose of the role is that the office runs in a smooth professional manner and ensures staff are directly and positively supported in their day-to-day project work. 

In this role, you will provide broad contribution to the functioning of both our Brisbane and Sydney teams by supporting Human Resources administration functions, maintaining employee documentation, reviewing and updating company policy, supporting the administration of recruitment, monitoring and implementing Workplace Health and Safety and Quality Management requirements, providing ad hoc project support and supporting administration functions.  For this, we are looking for a talented individual with some essential skills and experience including:

• Extensive administration experience within a consultancy environment
• Document management & control experience
• Experience in managing Quality systems and processes
• Experience in supporting recruitment tasks
• Experience in writing and updating policy documents
• Intermediate experience of IT Systems and trouble shooting
• Demonstrated administration, planning, proof reading and coordination skills with excellent attention to detail and report writing skills
• Collaborative approach to working with internal and external stakeholders, 
• Ability to work independently and within team environment and to competing priorities
• Strong planning, problem solving and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Demonstrated high level proficiency in MS Office suite particularly Microsoft Excel, with capacity to learn and adapt to new technology and systems
• Experience in the Creative Suite
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• A dedicated approach to work 
• Proactive, solution focused & results driven.
• Excellent communication skills, including strong negotiation and influencing skills

 
+ About you

We’re looking for someone who is approachable, calm under pressure, open and eager to help problem solve and of a mature mindset. You will understand what it takes to keep the business and people running, you will know that no task is too small.

+ Selection Criteria - Please provide a written response to all selection criteria in your application

• Relevant Tertiary Qualifications
• Minimum of 10 years experience
• Strong written and oral communication skills 
• Experience in the built environment sector
• Advanced Graphic design skills (Creative Suite)

+ Life At Bligh Tanner

We have strong values tied to our people, our work and our conscience. We are collaborative, inquisitive and hardworking. We want to ensure our people have everything they need to be successful professionally and personally.