Commercial Administrator

Company Details

• Company:
  Bellway Homes
• Salary: competitive
• Type:
  Full Time
• Region: UK - North East
• Town/City:
  Houghton-le-Spring, Durham
• Posted: 07/07/2026
• Listed in:
  Administration & Secretarial
• Reference: 317472
  
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At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK’s largest house builders. Our Durham Division located in Houghton-le-Spring, is looking to recruit a Commercial Administrator to join the Division’s Commercial team.

The role of Commercial Administrator provides a range of administration support to the commercial and procurement teams.

• Administration duties at Procurement stage, including supporting the Quantity Surveyors with the preparation of enquiry packs and collating tender information.
• Issue Health and Safety Contractor Competency Questionnaires for new contractors.
• Analyse sub-contractor weekly and monthly applications for payment, with assistance from Quantity Surveyors.
• Prepare interim payments for measured work for approval by Quantity Surveyors.
• Issue contra-charges as appropriate with assistance from Quantity Surveyors.
• Processing and issuing sub-contract orders for approval by Quantity Surveyors.
• General office duties including accurate collation and storage of information and various administration duties for the Commercial & Technical teams.
• Administration of applications from utility companies and NHBC home registrations.
• Deal with telephone and e-mail enquiries, organising meetings and diary management as and when required.

Experience of working within a busy and fast-paced administration role.

Experience of working within the construction industry with a main contractor or sub-contractor is desirable.

• GCSE Maths and English – Grade 4/C or above (or equivalent)

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisation and administration skills, including good attention to detail.
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team.
• Works effectively to deadlines and competently works on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) and the ability to adapt to new systems.
• Committed to diversity and inclusion.

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked.
• Office based role.

• Competitive salary.
• Competitive annual bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Access to discounts and benefits portal.
• Share Save Scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Holiday Purchase Scheme.
• Earn and Learn Opportunities.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.

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