Commercial Administrator

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.