Site Surveyor

The Vacancy

Here at Wates, we have a opportunity for Site Surveyor to join our Living Space Responsive team in the Northampton/Huntingdon area.

The focus of this role will be to produce the commercial outputs and effectively monitor/exercise cost control, as well as to liaise with client representative/s to ensure compliance with contractual service standards ensuring the company operates efficiently and profitably.

Working within the responsive team you are working on projects within the social housing/local authorities/councils market so we are ideally looking for you to have previous experience in that remit.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Producing Applications, Accounts & Invoices in the appropriate format in a timely manner

• To ensure all costs incurred in the delivery of the service are appropriately coded, recorded authorised and recovered

• To assist in the production of management information and performance reports (internal and external) monthly in approved formats

• To keep commercial WIP and debt to an absolute minimum and in line with targets set by management

• To ensure the timely production of valuations leading to invoice production within 9 calendar days of works completion

• To provide support and enhance communication between WLS and the client.

We are looking for someone with financial and commercial awareness with a clear commitment to a customer-centres service. Ideally you will already be in a similar position and have experience within the social housing sector.

To be successful in this role you will be an excellent written and verbal communicator with an understanding of legislation in maintenance and property management.

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.