Construction Administrator

Role overview

• ID: 2024-6054
• Entity: Vistry Works
• Region: Vistry Works
• Department: Build
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• Date Posted: 13.08.2024

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Construction Administrator to join our team within Vistry Works. As our Construction Administrator, you will provide secretarial and administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the Construction department within Vistry Works.

We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements.

• Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you...

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus

• Agile working possible (dependent on role)

• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Private Healthcare

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

• Competitive contributory pension scheme

• Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary

• Share incentive schemes

• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...

• In return, what we would like from you...

• Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality

• Good level of IT skills

• An ability to keep stakeholders informed, using verbal and written forms of communication effectively

• Excellent numeric and literacy skills

• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

• Excellent organisational and time management skills

• Ability to work closely within a team or autonomously.

• Full UK driving licence.

• Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise work accordingly

• Professional and positive attitude towards work

Desirable...

• Experience operating within a similar role

• History of working within or closely alongside production/construction departments

• Forward thinking, with the ability to see problems coming before they arise and think strategically to overcome them

• A driven individual who is a ‘self-starter'

• More about the Construction Administrator role...

Support the Construction Director and wider team in the following:

• The preparation of board papers

• Assist in producing SHE reports

• Create and distribute general reports as and when required

• Managing and monitoring sickness and holiday allowances etc

• Ordering PPE and managing schedules/inventories effectively

• Collating key data and producing the relevant reports

• Organising the Construction Directors diary and emails

• Sourcing and booking venues for team events

• Maintain an accurate and efficient filing and archive system.

• Booking travel/hotel stays and assisting in logging expenses etc

• Collate information and assist in trend analysis as and when required

• Formulating and maintain training matrices

• Assist in recruitment and ensure new starters in the onboarding process

• Any other ad-hod duties as appropriate

• An ability to keep stakeholders informed, using verbal and written forms of communication effectively

Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us...

We're Vistry Group, the UK's leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they're needed most.

You're probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there's nowhere better to build your career. We're proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.

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Benefits

Agile Working

Offers a flexible way of working.

Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.

Why Vistry

Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.