Standards Advisor – 12 month FTC

The Vacancy

WATES are looking for a Standards Advisor to join our Construction team focussing on high profile, technically complex construction projects across multiple sectors across the country. If you are passionate about the Quality and Standards aspects of Construction and are looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry then join us and help to create tomorrow together.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Standards Advisors are a valuable part of our business, working as part of a team providing professional Quality support, advice and coaching to the business. You will engage with business units to deliver and promote the understanding and application and compliance with the WATES Operating Framework.

AS OUR STANDARDS ADVISOR YOU WILL:

• Develop people’s skills on the practical application of the Operating Framework and quality management. Positively influence Wates teams and key supply chain members behaviours so they actively deliver customer satisfaction and strive to reduce mistakes, rework / recalls and defects
• Provide training on the operating framework to the business
• Review construction / service practice and actively promote understanding of quality management to help ensure compliance with statutory and client requirements
• Undertake investigations into defective works notices that have been raised
• Undertake compliance reviews where required by the National Quality Manager
• Support the Regional Quality Managers with data collation and monthly reporting

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

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.