Location
Farmoor WTW or Latton WTW depending on your home location, with travel expected across both sites.

Hours
07:30-15:30 Monday to Friday (36 hours per week). You will be expected in the office 4 days a week and 1 day working from home. Flexible start times can be discussed to accommodate school drop-off and pick-up.

Salary
Up to £28,000 per annum depending on experience.

About the Role
Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity to start or grow your career with Thames Water? We are seeking a proactive and organised Business Support Coordinator to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave. This role offers exposure to a wide range of business operations and the chance to build valuable relationships across our operational teams.

In this role, you will provide specified business and administrative support to operational teams to help them meet their objectives. Responsibilities include procurement activity, budget tracking and reporting, meeting room organisation, coordinating site inductions, organising social and team events, and coordinating team training needs.

Key duties:
- Raise and manage purchase orders ensuring accurate documentation, financial compliance, and timely receipting/recharging.
- Monitor budgets, purchase order activity, P-Card spend, and stock levels, producing regular reports for Production Managers.
- Manage chemical and fuel stock control including ordering, reporting, monitoring levels, and escalating potential shortages or delivery issues.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and challenge spend on materials, chemicals, tools, equipment, and consumables to deliver best value.
- Maintain critical site supplies including PPE, consumables, logbooks, and operational stock required for safe site operation.
- Support Production Managers with health and safety administration, reporting, action tracking, and maintaining accurate site documentation (COSHH, schematics, asbestos, and legionella records).
- Coordinate training requirements, monitor renewals, and ensure compliance with mandatory training and development plans.
- Provide administrative support for facilities management, contractor escalations, document control, and site access arrangements for new starters.
- Promote a strong safety culture by supporting compliance with PPE, lone working, site rules, and wellbeing initiatives.
- Collaborate with colleagues to share best practice, drive continuous improvement, and support team engagement activities.

Experience
Experience working with numbers and data reporting is essential. Previous experience using SAP is desirable but not required.

About you
To thrive in this role, you will need the ability to quickly learn and apply knowledge of the operational area. Very good verbal and written communication skills with a strong customer focus are essential. You should be well organised personally and have good organisational skills. Full competence in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Power BI, is required. A valid UK driving licence is mandatory.

Qualifications
No specific qualifications are required beyond the essential skills and experience listed, but a valid UK driving licence is required.