Trainee Quantity Surveyor

From the commitment we pour into our homes, to the belief we bring to supporting amazing careers, a role at Persimmon is a springboard for Building Your New Possible. Discover new opportunities to grow, learn new skills and release your potential.

 We’re Persimmon Homes, a FTSE 100 listed company and a leading UK house builder serving local communities across the UK and delivering around 10,000 homes a year. We have 29 operating businesses in England, Wales and Scotland, three house-building brands and three off-site manufacturing facilities.

We’re looking for people like you, and this could be your opportunity to start Building Your New Possible.

What is the role?

We are now looking to recruit a Commercial Trainee to join our Team. This role reports to the Commercial Manager.

 The purpose of the role is to be responsible for supporting Quantity Surveyors and Buyers in their commercial duties and gain experience to develop into a Quantity Surveyor.

 The role will include:

• Providing administrative support to help the team stay organised and on track with contracts.
• Reviewing and raising purchase orders for materials and site trades.
• Conducting site visits to assess quantity of work completed and raising simpler contractor payments
• Ensure weekly and monthly payments are processed efficiently, any disputed items are resolved, allowing site works to proceed unhindered and give an accurate picture of site financial status
• Support in producing site valuations on a bi-monthly basis and present to the Board of Directors. Find and assess any variation from budgeted figures.
• Undertake negotiations to obtain the optimum rates for sub-contract appointments and build / maintain relationships contractors.
• Utilise the Persimmon Group COINS system to set up new sites and establish budgets.
• Liaison with other departments to ensure sites run efficiently for example variations in Construction works, Sales extras, Customer Care issues and Accounting / payment queries.
• Develop to be responsible for multiple sites of varying complexity whilst setting up budgets, producing bi-monthly valuations, appointing subcontractors and making subcontractor payments to maintain close cost control and enable management decisions.
• Comply with responsibilities as defined in the Group’s Health, Safety & Environment Policy and ensure compliance with the same throughout the team to promote safety in the way we build projects

What experience, qualifications and skills are we looking for?

• Full UK driving license is advantageous
• High level of computer literacy and a desire to understand new software - IT experience would be advantageous.
• Fully conversant with Microsoft Office 365 Suite including Sharepoint, Excel and Word – an ability to learn and understand excel formulas and logic.
• Previous construction related experience within house building would be desirable.
• Understanding of HSE building regulations and legal guidelines
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

What’s in it for you?

The Salary & Benefits package

• Salary competitive (DOE)
• Contributory pension
• Life cover
• Healthcare
• Bonus

 Persimmon has a Hybrid Working Policy for core roles in the business allowing staff to apply for home working up to 2/3 days per week.

When you join us, the future is yours to explore. You can realise your full potential through industry-leading training and clearly signposted career paths. Persimmon is where hard graft and team spirit means real variety, satisfaction and rewards. A place where you can be at your best, and even go beyond what you thought you were capable of. If this sounds like the place for you, apply today and start Building Your New Possible.

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Persimmon is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

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