We are excited to share that we have a great opportunity for a Trainee Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team. This is a an exciting initiative developed by the Group to support individuals through study and ongoing development within a commercial environment where you’ll initially be working on our student accomodationdevelopment in Bristol which will offer student flats with 260 beds and will cater for the new university campus planned behind Bristol Temple Meads.
As a Trainee Quantity Surveyor, you will assist with the operations of the commercial function for the project you are allocated. This will include practical quantity surveying tasks and activities, actions to support colleagues and appropriate administrative duties one would associate with commercial / quantity surveying practices in relation to construction projects.
Working alongside a Quantity Surveyor, this role will allow you to gain hands-on relevant experience with the opportunity to travel to various Watkin Jones sites to learn more about the projects and develop your commercial skills.
Although this role is home-based, you can also work from our rented office spaces in Village Hotel Group with other members of the commercial team which to offer you the right level of knowledge and experience so your skills can develop. Time will also be spent on site and this may depending on locations, include overnight stays.
Why Join Us?
Watkin Jones offers an in-house Learning & Development team to support you with personal and professional development including vocational qualifications, as well as a discretionary annual bonus, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing after 2 years’ service by 1 day up to a max of 29 days per annum), a health cash plan, exclusive shopping discounts and a contributory pension scheme.
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, community focus and sustainably driven development.
About you
Ideally, you'll have some academic or vocational experience of the construction industry and have a passion for a career within Quantity Surveying. You’ll need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills, a strong attention to detail and excellent numeracy skills. The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines is essential for this role. A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint is also a must.
You’ll be an ambitious individual with long term goals to help take the organisation to the next phase of its evolution and be open to additional development to further your commercial knowledge.
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 22,000 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 FY2022 we generated gross revenue of 407m and a Gross Profit of 67m. Our position in the market is based on a ‘capital light’ model, where we typically work with institutional forward funders