Commercial Administrator

WATES; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading family-owned development company as a Commercial Administrator in Skelmersdale. You will engage in vital administrative tasks, including invoicing and scoping documents, while being part of a team committed to creating thriving places. Your skills will contribute to our legacy of excellence in the built environment.

Qualifications

• Confident communicator and highly computer literate.
• Experience in the commercial/maintenance industry is ideal but not essential.
• Understanding of NHF schedule of rates is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Produce and send subcontractor pre-works schedule of rates.
• Input variations into client systems and process subcontractor applications.
• Generate invoices for the client.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Vacancy

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Join us at Wates as a Commercial Administrator in our Skelmersdale office! This is an exciting office-based role where you’ll be at the heart of our operations, engaging in comprehensive commercial administrative duties and providing vital support to our team across several key contract areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce and send subcontractor pre-works schedule of rates based on supervisors’ scope of works.
• Create scoping and pricing documents for review.
• Input variations into client systems.
• Check and process subcontractor applications.
• Release pre-agreed invoices within our financial system.
• Track and resolve post-inspection queries.
• Take new orders, code works from booking sheets, photos, and subcontractor invoices, and pass them to the Quantity Surveyor for final review and client approval.
• Generate invoices for the client and liaise with their payroll department to ensure timely payment.

We are looking for a confident communicator who is highly computer literate (Microsoft suite – Word, Excel, etc.) and extremely organized. While experience in the commercial/maintenance industry is ideal, it is not essential. An understanding of NHF schedule of rates would be advantageous.

Given the nature of this position, a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) will be required at the offer stage. We assess applicants with criminal convictions individually and do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or disclosed offenses. 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.

Join us and be a part of a dynamic team where your skills and dedication will make a difference!

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.