Commercial Administrator

Macildowie Recruitment and Retention; Leicester; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Macildowie Recruitment and Retention is recruiting a Commercial Administrator for a Leicester-based role in the housebuilding and residential construction sector. This temporary, office-based position supports a busy commercial team with order processing, subcontractor payments, and payment queries.

You will liaise with surveyors, site teams, customer care and accounts, ensuring smooth commercial administration and timely responses to emails and issues.

Qualifications

• Strong administration experience and organisational skills.
• Clear communicator across internal and external teams.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in task handling.
• Ability to manage a busy inbox and competing priorities.
• Comfortable with spreadsheets and internal systems.
• Experience in construction, housebuilding or commercial support would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Process material orders and subcontractor payments.
• Handle payment queries and liaise with managers, surveyors, site teams and accounts.
• Support venue bookings for company events and assist with framework agreements.

Skills

Administration experience

Communication

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Spreadsheets

Construction sector experience

Job description

Commercial Administrator

Macildowie are working with this client based in Leicester, within the housebuilding and residential construction sector, to recruit a Commercial Administrator.

Location: Leicester
Salary: £13.33 per hour
Contract: Temporary
Working Pattern: Office-based, full-time

This is a varied administrative role supporting a busy commercial team. You will be involved in order processing, subcontractor payments, payment queries and general commercial administration, working closely with surveyors, site teams, customer care, accounts and wider internal stakeholders.

The Role

• Processing material orders
• Processing subcontractor payments in a timely manner
• Managing and responding to payment queries
• Liaising with managers, surveyors, site managers, customer care, accounts and customers
• Supporting venue bookings for company events
• Assisting with framework agreements
• Updating the SMAS portal and subcontractor spreadsheets
• Monitoring and managing the commercial email inbox

The Candidate

• Strong administration experience
• Confident communicator across internal and external teams
• High attention to detail
• Able to manage a busy inbox and multiple priorities
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets and internal systems
• Experience within construction, housebuilding or commercial support would be advantageous