HR Administratror

Join the exciting journey of one of the UK's largest nuclear projects at Sizewell C!

We are looking for a CWA Legal Counsel to provide strategic legal support and guidance throughout the civil works programme. This key role involves managing contractual matters, mitigating risks, and ensuring compliance with UK laws and regulations, particularly within the construction and energy sectors. You'll work closely with the CWA Head of Legal, internal teams, project stakeholders, and external advisors to protect the interests of the Civil Works Alliance.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in construction law, especially in high-value energy or infrastructure projects. Familiarity with NEC contracts is essential, along with a deep understanding of relevant UK regulations. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a major infrastructure project and play a crucial role in the successful delivery of Sizewell C.

Job Purpose / Overview

The HR Administrative Assistant will support the Human Resources function embedded into the Enabling and Earthworks Section, on site by handling administrative tasks, coordinating workforce logistics, maintaining employee records, and ensuring compliance with labour regulations. This role is critical in supporting smooth HR operations in a fast-paced, site-based environment.

Background

Be part of this ‘once in a generation' project that will deliver clean energy to 6 million homes for the next 60 years. Sizewell C will see the creation of a 3.2 Gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast to provide reliable load low-carbon electricity.

The Civil Works Alliance is an extended delivery enterprise involving Sizewell C and three international construction companies: Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Laing O'Rourke.

We are more than just an alliance, we are bringing together a single delivery organisation with years of learning and experience from other major complex infrastructure programmes worldwide.

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions

• Update the resource tracker with accurate information.
• Maintain a tracker of all applicants to the project, and ensure that candidate feedback is provided back to parent company resourcing leads in a timely manner
• Collaborate with onboarding and vetting to ensure all new starters and line managers complete relevant documentation in a timely manner
• Raise all SZC IT requests for new starters and issue new starter communications to the wider team
• Support the development and delivery of HR projects and initiatives in conjunction with the wider SZC team – e.g. onboarding process
• Undertake ad-hoc administration
• Support the work of other Administrators during periods of absence or unexpected high volumes of work activity.
• Maintain full confidentiality of sensitive business issues.
• Assist in onboarding and offboarding processes for site personnel.
• Prepare HR-related documents such as contracts, letters, and reports.
• Act as a point of contact for employee queries and concerns.
• Help organize employee engagement and welfare activities on-site.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Ability to collaboratively work with other teams
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• Ability to organise, multi-task and prioritise
• Experience of office working
• Excellent organisational skills
• Administration experience
• Experience of using Office 365

Key Competencies

Behavioural Competences –

• Humility
• Recognises the value brought from different cultures and experiences.
• Open to other's points of view and ideas, willing to debate and to compromise.
• Positivity
• Positively challenges poor quality and performance.
• Identifies solutions at the lowest possible level.
• Encourages tier 1s and others to bring new ideas forward.

Respect

• Values the rules and environment in which we operate.
• Gives and receives feedback with respect.
• Embraces and engages with new people and ideas.

Solidarity

• Operates as ‘One team', working closely together and helping each other.
• Empowers team – empowered teams always looking forward.
• Shares responsibility for delivering the project outcomes.

Clarity

• Communicates clearly and consistently.
• Promotes collaboration and team alignment.
• Clear and fast decision making.
• Drives simplification at all levels.
• Sustainable Business
• Employees are responsible for understanding and carrying out their job accountabilities in a manner which will enable SZC to be a sustainable business, financially, environmentally and socially.

Health & Safety Responsibilities

SZC's commitment to health, safety, wellbeing and environment is clearly stated in the company policy statements and Code of Conduct.

Managers carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of employees, additional staff under their control, and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations, and for minimising any harm to the environment.

Employees are responsible for ensuring they fully cooperate with all control measures that have been identified and for taking care of themselves, any other people who may be affected by their actions and the environment.

Why SZC?

This is your chance to contribute to one of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure projects, shaping the future of energy while working in a supportive, dynamic environment. Be part of a team that values innovation, safety, and sustainability at every stage of the journey—from investment to construction and beyond.

About Laing O'Rourke

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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