Graduate Quantity Surveyor

Job Description

We are Places for People Group, we build homes and manage communities where everyone is welcome and everyone can thrive, we are placemakers.We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. How do we do all this We surround ourselveswith innovative people, supportive people and passionate people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.More about your role As our Graduate Quantity Surveyor within the 2022 Emerging Talent Programme, youll join our Places Development team to deliver the next phase of the Chapelton construction project.The two-year programme will support you to develop the core skills, behaviours and technical ability to develop into a Project Quantity Surveyor or similar roles.This role will support with the new phase of our Chapelton development, including 200 units of houses, flats and commercial spaces. Youll work closely with the onsite team and as you gain in ability and confidence, youll take ownership of more complextasks. As the project develops through the building process your roles and responsibilities will change.From tendering for work packages, arranging suppliers, ensuring project budgets through to, working with our team of subcontractors, this role will allow you to experience every aspect of the development.More about youYoull be a recent graduate with a degree in a related field such as BSc Quantity Surveyor. We can support you through your RICS pathway and have appropriate mentors as part of the team. A clear passion for this industry and an inquisitive mind will setyour application apart.Communication is key to success in this role, youll have the ability to change your style to meet your audience, from subcontractors, to architects through to the end customer youll offer a people first approach. This role is highly collaborative and youwill need the ability to work as part of a close-knit management team and manage numerous activities/projectsat the same timeboth short and long term.Most importantly this role should excite and intrigue you!The Benefits Youll join our Emerging Talent programme which brings together SPIRITed and talented individuals from across Places for People. The programme is designed to provide you with a wide range of skills, business insight and sector specific knowledge over twoyears.Youll learn a lot and quickly, youll get exposure to some of our senior leaders as well being connected to a business mentor to support you throughout. Youll be encouraged and empowered to flourish and thrive within a nurturing environment. Our ambitiongives you all the challenge you could wish for and thats why we can offer you tangible and exciting career progression in a diverse and pioneering environment.Whats next Hopefully what youve read here has got you excited and wanting to apply. The first step of the application process should take around 20 minutes. Youll be asked to complete your personal details, academic history and provide us some additional supportinginformation about you. Dont worry you should know all of the answers. The next part of the application form is asking you to complete a few additional questions, these will ask you to consider your reason for applying, what you want out of the Emerging Talentprogramme and how you would address current societal issues. Take your time over these, your answers will be shared and may lead to additional questions throughout the application process.Finally, youll be asked to upload a CV, this should include an overview of your work history so far, dont forget to include any volunteering youve done. You will need to make sure this includes all of your academic achievements, from GCSE to your mostrecent qualifications.Once weve been able to review your application and CV, successful candidates will be sent invites to complete a video interview. This gives you the opportunity to give us more information and offer insight into the person behind the CV.