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Receptionist

Wills Bros Civil Engineering is seeking a professional and friendly Receptionist to join the team on their new Project in Perth on a full time permanent basis Monday to Friday. The role will be based at our Project Office and is key to ensuring a smooth, welcoming and well organised front-of-house service for our staff, visitors and clients.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for visitors, clients and callers providing a professional and courteous welcome.
• Answer and direct incoming phone calls and manage the main project email inbox.
• Manage visitor sign-in procedures, site access passes and meeting room bookings.
• Provide general administrative support, including filing, photocopying, scanning and document handling.
• Assist the project team with organising meetings, catering and travel arrangements where required.
• Maintain reception and office areas in a tidy, presentable condition at all times.

Skills and experience

• Previous experience in a receptionist, front-of-house or administrative role, ideally within construction, engineering or a similar office environment.
• Strong communication skills with a confident, polite and professional telephone manner.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.
• Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Positive, proactive attitude and the ability to work as part of a busy project team.
• Opportunity to work on a major infrastructure project with a well-established civil engineering contractor.
• Supportive working environment with on-the-job training and development.

Rewards and Benefits

• 24/7 counselling and support helpline.
• Salary sacrifice schemes.
• Death in service benefit.
• Income Protection.
• Company pension.
• 25 annual leave holidays plus 8 public holidays.
• Employee Health & Wellbeing App.

About us:

With a growing portfolio of exciting projects and a business that is going from strength to strength, Wills Bros can offer you a fantastic career opportunity and genuine job satisfaction. We are committed to helping our people develop personally and professionally and invest heavily in training and development.

We promote a policy of self-delivery for all the core elements of our operations to ensure that the core construction skills and knowledge are available & retained in-house. This delivery strategy is supported by specialist partners and subcontractors, but the core functions of the business are delivered in-house by our extensive fleet of privately owned plant and equipment and led by our competent management team.

As a family run company, we take pride in the standards we achieve in our projects, which culminate in numerous repeat contracts with our clients. Our diverse client base ranges from government, local authorities, airport, port and rail authorities, national roads authorities, and private clients and developers.

We are experts in the design, construction, and delivery of complex civil engineering projects, with expertise in road and bridge construction, street works, water, sewerage and utilities, flood prevention, marine works, land reclamation, earthworks, wind farms, and enabling works for commercial and industrial clients, as well as significant expertise of data centres, pharmaceuticals, and other highly regulated construction environments

If you are interested in the role please send your CV and we will get in touch. Other roles are also available.

Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person