Commercial Administrator

The Vacancy

Wates have an opportunity for an Administrator to join our team in our Walton-On-Thames office to engage in full administrative duties and provide ongoing support for the team in a number of key contract areas.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Amend and improve various Excel trackers to ensure the data can be utilised effectively for data reporting.
• Create and maintain information on systems and databases and manage efficient filing systems.
• Close down jobs on the system to ensure reports reflect current work levels.
• Coordinate meetings when required and greet guests and visitors.
• Assist with the ordering of Personal Protective Equipment as and when required.
• Deal with a range of administrative queries that come through to the team.
• General administrative duties including filing, writing and answering emails, producing letters and answering/ making calls.

We are looking for an experienced Administrator who is a confident communicator, highly computer literate (Microsoft suite – Word, Excel etc) and extremely organised. The successful individual will have ideally have worked in the construction and/or maintenance industry but this is not essential.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.