Experienced hires
Experienced Hires: Ready for your next move?
We offer brilliant benefits, clear career progression, flexible working, competitive salaries, and the best culture in the business. Take your career to the next level. Why wait? Join Wates.
OUR PEOPLE THRIVE
We offer a huge variety of career opportunities…
At Wates, we always put people first. We’ll do all we can to help you thrive and offer brilliant career development and internal promotion opportunities too. With us, you’ll never stand still. And if you want a change, you’ll also be able to access job roles across the wider Wates Group.
We also offer the best learning and development in the business. At Wates, you’ll get the knowledge, skills and behaviours you’ll need to perform at your best and progress your career.
TESTIMONIALS
Hear from our people
Kelly Osborne
Head of Health and Wellbeing
I joined Wates back in 2003, with no experience in the industry. During this time, I have been fortunate enough to work with some great supportive colleagues and managers, all of who have helped me reach my potential, supported me during my studies and presented me with challenges and opportunities to grow and develop. I have been able to work in a number of the businesses and at a group level during my career and have taken on various roles and projects that have allowed me to be myself, utilise my skills and led to invaluable connections both internally and externally.
Stuart Dixon
Building Performance Technical Manager
2024 marks my 20-year milestone in industry, 10-years of which have been with the Wates/SES business. I’m really proud of this fact as it demonstrates a great working environment, company loyalty and job satisfaction. I have been entrusted with opportunities and responsibilities, underpinned by formal accreditations and chartership, which have really accelerated my growth and long-term professional standing. A ‘typical day’ is never typical, there is always something challenging happening!
Sarah Kemp
Senior Buyer
When I joined Wates, I had just left a decade long career in Fashion – a very different world to Construction! I had no industry experience and little knowledge of the sector in general, but right from the start, I could tell that this was a business that I wanted to work for. Everyone I spoke to before joining was friendly, professional and knowledgeable and this gave me confidence in my career move. I feel very fortunate to work at Wates and would recommend it to anyone looking to advance their career in a company that values and challenges its employees.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
It’s all about you…
Whether you’re an industry professional, have the transferrable skills we need or want a career change, we’d love to hear from you. We’re keen to diversify our workforce and are also keen to attract people returning to work after a break.
Our success is driven by people. We’re looking for higher level expertise with a real focus on technical innovation. We want people who can bring in bright ideas to help us keep up with the market. if you’re from outside the sector, the transferrable skills we’re after include project management and leadership. We want to broaden our intake from other industries, particularly in areas like tech. That way we’ll have the right competence in the business at all levels.
OUR COMPANY VALUES
We want to be a company everyone enjoys working for
Treat fairly
We ensure that everyone is treated with fairness and respect. And if someone isn’t being treated fairly, they know that they can speak up, be listened to, and appropriate action will be taken. At Wates, everyone is empowered and has a voice, at all levels of the organisation.
Pay & progress fairly
Whatever role you’re in, or part of the group you work for, you’ll be able to build a great career here. At Wates, everyone has fair access to development and progression opportunities. That includes equity in pay too. Find out what we’re doing to eliminate our pay gaps
Hire fairly
We aim to hire whoever is the best person for the job from a diverse pool of candidates. We want to cast our net more widely, and challenge perceptions that might put people off joining the sector. This is a rewarding, challenging and interesting industry to be in.
