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 here. 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 program'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 provided me with 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?

Head of Sustainability – Residential

Location: London NW1

Job Type: SHEQ

Application Deadline: 08-10-2024

Wates Group is seeking a Head of Sustainability to join our Residential team. As a developer contractor, Wates Residential invests, develops, builds, and sells quality affordable homes through contracting and partnerships with Local Authorities, Housing Associations, and public bodies such as Homes England.Reporting into our Development Director, the Head of Sustainability will lead the delivery of a strategy to make Wates Residential the industry leader in developing and delivering sustainable homes.As our Head of Sustainability, you will: Continue to refine and deliver the Environmental Sustainability Plan for Wates Residential to transform the business into a market leader for delivering sustainable homes. Identify and collaborate with existing and potential customers for Wates Residential that have high sustainability ambitions and whose built environment needs fit with the corporate strategy. Collaborate with the business development and Group Sustainability teams to devise credible strategies to win work. Positively challenge and influence every part of Wates Residential to ensure environmental sustainability becomes an integral part of decision making by regions, project teams and functions. Work closely with the bid team to create and lead the sustainability response, working with experts externally and across the Group to create and deliver innovative solutions that will be compelling for clients & partners in delivering their own sustainability ambitions. Take ownership of the Wates Residential performance against Group environmental strategy and targets and drive change at business unit, project, and individual level. Build, motivate and optimise a high-performance team to drive environmental performance improvement and support the delivery of our strategic goals. Work with the Group Sustainability and Residential leadership to define environmental personal performance objectives for senior leaders to cascade down through their teams and clarify throughout the business the change required each year to deliver our strategy.The ideal candidate should exhibit strategic thinking for future business growth, and the ability to shape an inclusive, value-driven culture. You should excel in managing multiple complex issues, demonstrate creative and inclusive leadership, prioritise effectively, be team-focused, and possess excellent communication skills aligned with our purpose and operating framework.What we offer: Competitive salary & profit share scheme Car allowance/company car Flexible working Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates) Extensive corporate benefits including, private medical, 8% employers’ pension contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more… One of the best learning and development programmes in the sector, 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.