Graduate HR Administrator - Maidenhead, United Kingdom - COSTAIN GROUP PLC

COSTAIN GROUP PLC
COSTAIN GROUP PLC
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Maidenhead, United Kingdom

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We have a great opportunity for a Graduate HR Administrator

Key Responsibilities
Working within a team of seven HR Service Team members the role includes but is not limited to:

  • Payroll Administration Weekly and Monthly, working with site accountants and payroll provider to ensure deadlines are met and the accuracy of the payroll is maintained
  • Maintain all standard employment correspondence in line with best practice and UK legislation changes, including GDPR
  • Record and maintain accurate information on MyHR the company's HR system
  • Production of meaningful management information
  • Provide effective and efficient HR administration to ensure appropriate approval processes have been followed and both HR and payroll implications are fully considered, including (but not limited to)
  • Collating all documentation in respect of new starters, (proof of entitlement to work in UK, ensuring the completion of the mandatory preplacement screening etc) and advising the appropriate person of any potential problems
  • Issuing all documentation in respect of a new starter, i.e. offer letters, contracts, benefits information etc
  • Managing the leavers 'offboarding' process, ensuring all documentation has been sent to Line Manager and Employee. Making sure the Leaver details are input correctly on MyHR and payroll information is up to date
  • Providing employee references
  • Issuing contractual changes documentation (salary, hours, promotions, etc) and ensuring MyHR is updated
  • Inputting payroll data into MyHR, checking the payslips during 'Trial period' and reporting any discrepancies back to our payroll provider within the deadline
  • Ensuring processes remain lean, and updating forms, policies, and the HR Portal on CosTeam to reflect any changes made to polices
  • Ensuring that the annual pay review and bonus schemes are communicated and implemented accurately and on time and letters are sent
  • Responsible for the maintenance and efficiency of HR electronic filing systems, including archiving
  • Administer Employee Benefits to ensure that all employees are included in relevant schemes (e.g. Bupa, Pension etc) and details are recorded in HR Evolution
  • Liaise with SD Worx to resolve any payroll queries i.e. Tax, National Insurance, Pension and other Company Benefits
  • Ensuring compliance and governance in line with company policy and applicable legislation.
Costain's Graduate Development Programme


The programme will focus on helping you to grow your personal and leadership skills, alongside business and of course, the technical skills you will learn day-to-day on the job.


The programme is delivered in a variety of formats throughout the 2 years and will allow you to establish a network of contacts that will help and support you through your first 2 years and beyond.

We expect some of our graduates to rotate after a period of 8-12 months, to another project/sector of the business to fully understand the depth and breadth of the services offered by the company.


Our line managers are fully supportive of the Graduate Development Programme and will be involved in helping you along the way.


In addition to the programme, we offer mentoring and support in every area of work, as well as a structured training programme to enable graduates to work towards achieving Chartership.


Graduates may have the opportunity to work on a number of exciting and progressive projects around the UK during the 2-year period, in sectors including nuclear, highways, rail, water, airports and tunnels.


About you
**Person Specification
**- A passion for Human Resources demonstrated within studies or work

  • Strong Customer Focus with experience of working in a customer oriented environment
  • Confident communicator, with the ability to articulate a high level of oral and written English
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport quickly over the telephone
  • IT literate and a confident user of Microsoft Office
  • Solution orientated with a pragmatic approach to problem solving
  • Able to work on own initiative and also work effectively within a team
  • Appropriate administration experience within an HR / payroll function would be helpful but not essential
  • Proactive with a desire to learn
  • Ability to prioritise and escalate where necessary
  • Strong customer focus
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • A positive team orientated outlook**:
  • Good data entry/keyboard skills with an eye for detail
  • Experience of working with an outsourced payroll provider.**Desirable (the ideal)
**-Payroll Administration experience

  • CPP or CIPD an advantage
  • Knowledge of HR Systems

Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will require you to produce your passport and/or right to work documentation
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About Costain


Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets.

We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency.

Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company.

We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements.

We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets:
future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.


We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.

To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:

Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you.

For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we'll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.


For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance).

To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.


Closing date


A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:

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