Commercial Administrator/ Assistant Site Surveyor

The Vacancy

Wates have an opportunity for a Commercial Administrator to join our team in our Enfield office to engage in full commercial administrative duties and provide ongoing support to the team in a few key contract areas.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Producing and sending subcontractor pre works schedule of rates from supervisors’ scope of works.
• Produce scoping and pricing documents for checking.
• Inputting variations into client’s systems.
• Subcontractor application checking and processing.
• Releasing pre agreed invoices within our financial system.
• Tracking and clearing post inspection queries.
• Take new orders and code the works from booking sheets, photos and subcontractor invoices, passing it to the Quantity Surveyor for final review and the client for approval.
• Create invoices for the client and liaise with their payroll department to ensure payment is received within agreed terms.

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 worked in a commercial/ maintenance industry, but this is not essential.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

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.