Apprenticeship Opportunity:
Apprentice Estimator

East Anglia (travel required throughout this area) - Permanent - Full Time

Background

R G Carter is seeking to recruit an Apprentice Estimator to join their established team of professionals, based in their Norwich office. The successful candidate will be dealing with a diverse range of interesting and challenging projects across multiple sectors. You will be enrolled onto a Level 4 Apprenticeship - Construction Design and Build Technician. This exciting opportunity will give you the opportunity to learn and earn as we support in you developing your knowledge in many aspects of Construction. We offer a structured career path with a diverse range of opportunities and locations to enable you to build a career with us.

Apprenticeship Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount scheme
• Free parking
• Health & Wellbeing programme
• Life Insurance
• On site parking
• Sick pay

Salary

• Competitive

Key Responsibilities

• To undertake a range of specialist and general administrative support tasks for the Pre-Construction team, supporting the team in all Tender preparations.
• To assist the Estimator in the accurate preparation of the financial element of bids and (where appropriate) to produce estimates on appropriate schemes to the right net cost in a timely manner. To work closely with an experienced Estimator learning the processes, systems and methods that form the basis of good Estimating technique.
• To assist in the preparation of selected elements of the complete commercial and pricing element of a tender or cost plan
• To undertake a range of clerical and administrative duties within a department to ensure its smooth running
• To process documents received from a range of sources in line with department standards and requirements
• To identify and undertake initial investigations into any discrepancies regarding information to be processed, possibly involving document control
• To collate and extract data from a number of sources in order to produce documents
• To file documents and keep filing systems up to date so that information can be readily obtained
• To assist in the data input of selected elements of subcontractor quotations into the estimating software
• Liaise with specified suppliers to obtain their contractor list and / or quotations
• Assist the Estimator in controlling costs, timing and quality in line with specified targets
• To assist in producing, a detailed control document at handover to the delivery team
• Any other duties consistent with the role of Trainee Estimator as may be required from time to time

Key Skills & Knowledge

• Good organisation skills
• Computer skills – would be beneficial if proficient on Microsoft Office packages (preferably with experience of the 2010 suite – Word, Excel, Outlook).
• 64 UCAS points or equivalent
• GCSE Grade 4 (or C) above in Maths and English or equivalent qualification
• Applicants must be 18 or over
• Must have the right to work in the UK