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Trainee Pensions Administrator

Balfour Beatty Plc

The Role

Overview

Deliver pension admin services for DB & DC members, supporting queries and processing benefits

Key Responsibilities

  • case processing
  • benefit payment
  • member records
  • query resolution
  • pension administration
  • resource support

Tasks

-Support other work in fulfilment of the Resource Plan as and when required -Process pension case workflows across a wide range of DB Sections of the Fund -Respond to DC Section queries, liaising with the Fund’s DC Administration provider -Learn the fundamentals of pensions administration and how pensions schemes should be administered to comply with legislation -Providing information to members -Process the payment of scheme benefits to pensioners -Creating and maintaining pension scheme member records -Resolution of internal and external queries via telephone, email and letter.

Requirements

  • excel
  • word
  • a-level
  • analytical
  • communication
  • adaptability

What You Bring

-Proficient in Microsoft packages, notably Excel and Word -A person with the enthusiasm to inject new ideas within the business and an ability to apply current thinking from academia -The ability to adapt, multitask and flex to change -Educated to A-level standard (or equivalent) and with a strong educational background -Able to work to strict deadlines and SLAs -Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to express complicated ideas in a concise and clear way -Strong analytical and data interrogation skills -Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously and as a team player, proficient in managing your own workload

Benefits

-Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow. -Someone focused on continued professional development and the opportunity to learn pension qualifications -25 days paid annual leave (pro rata) -There will be a requirement to undertake professional pension qualifications -An ambitious young professional seeking a career path with opportunity to progress in an environment that has a strong focus on the development of its staff -An opportunity to train across several different pension disciplines -Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more… -The sponsorship of continued learning and development to help achieve career goals and progression -Adherence to a structured training plan aimed at providing valuable support and skills needed to build confidence in the workplace -You will have the opportunity to work within an award-winning and industry leading business and gain an understanding of every facet of running a pension fund -Long term support tracker managed by a dedicated mentor -Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave -This role would offer the opportunity to learn and earn whilst advancing one’s career

The Company

About Balfour Beatty Plc

-It finances, designs, constructs and maintains roads, rail, energy plants, water systems, buildings and communities. -Active across the UK, US, Hong Kong and Canada, it's known for ventures like HS2, Crossrail and major highway upgrades. -Known for innovation, it uses digital tools, off-site manufacturing and automated plant to enhance safety and efficiency. -An unusual highlight: it pioneered the Automated Cone Laying Machine, boosting roadworker safety on live highways.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Off-site solutions

Pipe fabrication and installation

Infrastructure Investments

Construction Services

Support Services

Civil engineering

Building

Ground engineering

Mechanical & Electrical engineering

Refurbishment

Fit-out

Rail engineering

Electricity networks

Rail

Highways

Structural concrete repair

Corrosion protection

Bridge strengthening

Bearing replacement

Concrete carriageway rehabilitation

Transportation (roads, rail and aviation)

Power and Energy

Mining

Water

Social infrastructure (hospitals and schools)