Service Administrator- Warrington
United Kingdom, Warrington, Cheshire
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About the position
Your responsibilities and tasks
We are looking for an organised and motivated Service Administrator to join our growing team. This role is ideal for someone who is keen to develop their skills within a busy service and operations environment.
You will play a key role in supporting our engineers and service team, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, and delivering excellent customer service. Full training will be provided, and there will be genuine opportunities to develop your skills within the business.
You will support the service function across a wide range of activities, including:
Setting up new customers, including completing handover documentation and credit checks
Raising and managing service calls
Creating purchase orders, overhead POs, and processing credits
Issuing Field Service Engineer (FSE) work orders and processing timesheets and reports
Reviewing margins and preparing invoices
Assisting with quarterly on-call rotas for 24-hour engineer coverage
Approving engineers’ daily hours
Maintaining records of holidays, lieu days, sickness, and absences
Closing out maintenance calls monthly
Compiling service reports (e.g., contract margins, weekly engineer hours, transaction reports)
Liaising with site contacts to schedule works and follow up on outstanding invoices
Preparing and distributing weekly engineer diaries
Maintaining maintenance logs and ensuring visits are completed on time
Monitoring customer KPIs
Gathering information and preparing simple customer quotations
Supporting engineers with PPE and workwear requests
Working Pattern: Fully office-based – 5 days per week
Hours: 8:00am – 4:30pm (30-minute break)
Your profile and qualifications
Previous administrative experience (ideally within a service, engineering, or technical environment — though full training will be provided)
Strong attention to detail
Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively
Confident verbal and written communication skills
Customer-focused approach
Comfortable working collaboratively within a team
Good working knowledge of MS Office
SAP experience is advantageous but not essential
Basic financial awareness (training can be provided)
About GEA
GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.
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We’re a global industrial engineering company and one of the world’s largest systems suppliers for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors, and many others. GEA offers exciting and diverse training and career opportunities around the world.
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GEA’s heritage stretches back more than 140 years. Today, we operate in resilient customer industries with a dedicated workforce of more than 18,000 employees and conduct business with more than 150 countries.
