Management Trainee - Quantity Surveyor

We are looking to recruit a Quantity Surveying Trainee to join our Wales and the West team based out of our office in Exeter. Quantity Surveyors play a vital role in ensuring that construction projects are delivered on time and within budget, while also providing value for money. Throughout the project lifecycle, Quantity Surveyors monitor and control costs. They identify and address potential cost overruns, track changes to the project scope, and ensure that the project remains financially viable. This is a key role in ensuring we deliver a profitable project within our customer's budget. As part of our trainee programme, you will mainly focus on quantity surveying but will also complete placements within other departments in our business including site management, design management and other areas of pre-construction to give you exposure of the construction process from start to finish. This provides you with broad construction experience and will help support you with your career in the future. You will get experience of delivering projects across multiple sectors and will work in a hybrid way from our office in Cardiff and sites across the South Wales.

We are open to school leavers with A' levels/T levels or an equivalent qualification or a graduate with passion to start a career in construction. Our programme is 2 to 4 years in duration depending upon your entry point and will give you the valuable work experience that will enable you to progress into an Assistant Quantity Surveyor role.,

• Have strong numeracy skills.
• Good attention to detail.
• Be Analytical.
• Enjoy communicating.
• Be commercially aware.
  
  You will be joining a values-based business: our values are at the centre of every activity we undertake. With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.
Willmott Dixon really is a great place to start your career, some of our accolades include:
• No 1 in the Best "big" Companies (2022) to work for
• Platinum accreditation with Investors In People
• The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2022
  
  Competitive Salary
• Incentive Scheme
• Pension
• Laptop
• Training
• Book Allowance
• Day release to study (where applicable)
• Pay for your college/university/vocational study fees (if applicable)
• Study leave (where applicable)
• Travel Expenses
• Mobile phone