Residential

Help us create the thriving communities of tomorrow and provide people with top quality homes and great places to live. Join our Residential team and you career will thrive too.

PEOPLE THRIVE AT WATES

About you…

Whether you’re an industry professional, seeking a career change, or returning to work after a break, we’d love to hear from you.

You don’t need to have construction experience. We’re looking for a range of transferrable skills you might well have already. Things like project management, building relationships, stakeholder engagement, customer service, and communication to name but a few. In fact, the people in our team come from lots of different backgrounds including local government, law, retail, banking, and beyond.

Above all, we’re looking for open-minded people who can see the huge opportunities this business has to offer. People who are flexible, friendly, and have the right mindset to succeed in our team.  People who genuinely care and want to make a real impact through their work.

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A FANTASTIC PLACE TO DEVELOP YOUR CAREER

Join our winning team…

We’re a highly successful business with an annual turnover of £322.7m. We also have a forward order book worth £2.2bn.

We are a developer partner for our public sector clients, investing in, delivering and selling schemes through joint ventures and development agreements. We partner with local authorities, housing associations, and other public bodies in London, the South of England, and Wales. Together, we build thriving communities with sustainability and social value at their core. We win contracts based on our impact on communities, not cost.

This is an exciting sector to be in. It’s also ripe with opportunity. Our work covers everything from project management to customer service, business development, partnership, HR, finance, comms, admin and more. We also offer roles in growing areas such as data security, quality and sustainability.

At Wates, we’ll give you all the training and CPD you need to succeed. We also encourage internal promotion to help you take that next step. Not only that, but if you want to change, you can apply for roles across the Wates Group too. There’s nowhere better to build your career.

TESTIMONIALS

Hear from our people

Golden Iwuorie

Planning Management Trainee

"One of the programme's highlights has been the opportunity to undertake placements across diverse departments such as Production, Commercial, Design, SHE (Safety, Health, and Environment), M&E (Mechanical and Electrical), and Bid management. These rotations have given me a holistic understanding of how each function operates within Wates and the wider construction ecosystem, and how they are interconnected to ensure the delivery of safe and successful construction projects."

CAREERS IN RESIDENTIAL

Want to be a part of our team?

Site Manager

Location: Cardiff

Job Type: Operational

Application Deadline: 15-04-2025

Wates Group are looking for a Site Manager to join our Wales region in Cardiff delivering new homes and leaving a lasting legacy for communities.Wates Residential is a developer contractor; we invest, develop, build and sell quality affordable housing, either contracting or in a form of partnership with Local Authorities, Registered Providers and public bodies, such as Homes England.If you are Site Manager with proven technical skills 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 ROLEOur Site Managers are a valuable part of our business, driving quality outcomes and achieving the highest standards of safety, health, and environmental controls. Site Manager work collaboratively with our Project Managers to ensure the completion of the project to the highest standard.As our Site Manager you will: Maintain accurate site record, daily diaries and weekly progress reports. Review design drawings for build-ability and co-ordination. Manage the flow of sub-contractors design information as delegated by the Project Manager to suit the programme of works on site. Assist the Project Manager and or Design Manager to produce and monitor the MIRS. Agree sub-contractors long term and short term programme and monitor performance against these programmes. Monitor and understand position against contract programme, discuss and agree recovery programmes with the Project ManagerWHAT 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… One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group) 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/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

Site Manager

Location: Wembley

Job Type: Operational

Application Deadline: 11-04-2025

Wates Group are looking for Site Managers to join our Residential London region building new homes and leaving a lasting legacies for communities.Wates Residential is a developer contractor; we invest, develop, build and sell quality affordable housing, either contracting or in a form of partnership with Local Authorities, Registered Providers and public bodies, such as Homes England.If you are Site Manager with proven technical skills 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 ROLEOur Site Managers are a valuable part of our business, driving quality outcomes and achieving the highest standards of safety, health, and environmental controls. Site Manager work collaboratively with our Project Managers to ensure the completion of the project to the highest standard.As our Site Manager you will: Maintain accurate site record, daily diaries and weekly progress reports. Review design drawings for build-ability and co-ordination. Manage the flow of sub-contractors design information as delegated by the Project Manager to suit the programme of works on site. Assist the Project Manager and or Design Manager to produce and monitor the MIRS. Agree sub-contractors long term and short term programme and monitor performance against these programmes. Monitor and understand position against contract programme, discuss and agree recovery programmes with the Project ManagerWHAT 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… One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group) 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/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 #SMOM