Gateman

Here at Watkin Jones, we are now looking to appoint a Gateman to work on our extensive affordable home project based in Preston for a fixed term contract until July 2023.

The development combines a number of 2 and 3 bedroom affordable homes through the Home Reach shared ownership scheme and 3, 4 and 5 bedroom stylish family homes.

**We are looking to appoint a Gateman who will be responsible for**:

- Presenting a positive image of the company to all visitors and offering assistance at all times.
- Recording via Field View site register.
- Recording via Field View Co2 logs of all deliveries & dealing with site deliveries.
- Banking vehicles in and out of site.
- Ensuring public safety.
- Monitoring and responding to security alarm system activations.
- Liaising with site staff to plan ahead for the day’s delivery and despatch schedule.
- General tidying and housekeeping.
- Carrying out other ad-hoc duties where required.
- Locking up the gate at the end of the day.
- Some labouring duties and all other associated duties as and when requested by the Site Manager.

**About you**

You must be able to show previous experience working within a similar type or role, as well as hold a valid CSCS card. You must also be comfortable working on a computer to be able to log information accordingly.

**About us**

Watkin Jones Group is the UK’s leading developer, builder, and manager of residential for rent homes, with 52,000+ homes developed and in-build across 135 schemes. Our operating arm, Fresh, manages over 20,000 units across 64 schemes, reflecting approximately£1.7bn of assets under management, giving us unique and unrivalled insight into what tenants and investors desire.

Our company was established in 1791 and has been building homes since 1927. More recently, we listed on the AIM market in 2016 with a market cap of £255m (current market cap c. £550m). In FY2020 we generated gross revenue of £354m and a Gross Profit of £75.9m.Our position in the market is based on a ‘capital light’ model, where we typically work with institutional forward funders.

Watkin Jones’ success to date has been based on our emphasis on building relationships of trust, our customer focus and our forward-thinking structure. Our intention is to create the future of living, which to us means high quality rental homes, communityfocus and sustainably driven development.

**Why Join Us?**

In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you some extensive benefits which include 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing after 2 years’ service by 1 day up to a max of 29 days per annum), discretionary annual bonus and medicash.