Are you an experienced Commercial Administrator with strong attention to detail, looking to develop your career within a busy and fast-paced construction commercial team?

We are delighted to be recruiting on behalf of a well-established, family-run construction business with a strong heritage and continued growth across the UK. This is an excellent opportunity for a Commercial Administrator to join the Commercial Team on a permanent, full-time basis, in County Durham. This would be playing a key role in supporting financial and contractual processes across multiple projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive and collaborative environment where accuracy, organisation, and commercial awareness are highly valued. You will play a vital part in ensuring the smooth running of commercial administration functions, with a strong focus on subcontractor management, cost control, and cash flow visibility.

The successful candidate will be highly organised, confident working with financial data, and comfortable supporting a range of commercial and quantity surveying activities in a structured and deadline-driven environment.

What You'll Be Doing:

Cash & Valuations Monitoring: Tracking applications for payment, monitoring payment certificates, and maintaining visibility of cash inflows and outflows in line with project timelines
Subcontract Liability Monitoring: Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of subcontract commitments to support effective cost forecasting and commercial reporting
Subcontract Auditing & Payments: Processing subcontractor payments accurately, ensuring all documentation is compliant with contractual requirements, and supporting audit processes
General Commercial Administration: Providing administrative support to the commercial and quantity surveying teams, including data entry, document control, record keeping, and general ad-hoc duties

What We're Looking For:

Previous experience in a Commercial Administration, Accounts Payable, Project Administration, or similar role, ideally within construction, civil engineering, or infrastructure
Strong financial awareness with confidence working with applications for payment, invoices, and payment certificates
High attention to detail with the ability to maintain accuracy when handling financial and contractual data
Strong Excel skills and familiarity with construction accounting or ERP systems would be highly advantageous
Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise professionally with subcontractors and internal teams
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
A proactive, reliable, and methodical approach to work

Role Information:

Full-time, permanent position
Salary up to £33,000 (DOE)
County Durham based
Opportunity to work within a supportive and growing construction business
Exposure to a busy commercial environment with strong development opportunities
Ongoing training and career progression potential

This is a permanent position and the recruiting organisation will be acting as an employment agency for permanent recruitment on behalf of our client.

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Please call Heather Sweetman for a confidential discussion and further information regarding this opportunity.

Elvet Recruitment

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