Estimator Apprentice
Stanmore Contractors Ltd
Erith (DA8 1DE)
Closes in 2 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 6 March 2025
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Summary
This exciting Estimator Apprentice role offers you the chance to work alongside a highly experienced team. As a potential Estimator, you will be taught a range of tasks including pricing tenders. The opportunity to attend University on a day release scheme, will be made available for the right candidate–this will be a fully sponsored opportunity.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Construction quantity surveyor (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm. One day a week at University
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 19 May 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
- Pricing Tenders
- Take-off quantities from drawings via on screen take-off software
- Price bill of quantities and full estimates
Where you’ll work
Stanmore House
Gyproc Business Park, Church Manorway
Erith
DA8 1DE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH
Your training course
Construction quantity surveyor (degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
- Be able to apply and evaluate the principles for the avoidance of conflict and dispute resolution such as adjudication and arbitration between project stakeholders
- Be able to identify and manage risks of health, safety and welfare in line with legislation, hazards and safe systems of work
- Analyse costs and benefits of sustainability initiatives on a project
- Be able to advise on the legal aspects of a project and the most suitable form of contract to be used to ensure fairness and efficiency
- Be able to advise on the most suitable construction solutions that maximise value for clients and enhance the cost effectiveness of the project within the budget constraints
- Be able to advise on the appropriateness of various procurement routes and manage and report on the tendering and negotiation processes to select specialist contractors
- Advise on appropriate methods of measurement of completed works and issue documentation required for payment to specialist contractors and income from client
- Advise construction team and the client on strategies to control predicted expenditure in line with the budget
- Carry out risk assessments and implement strategies to mitigate risk
- Monitor, report and advise construction team on project cashflows and profitability. Evaluate and advise on financial implications of decisions during the construction phase
- Assess, interpret and report on progress and assist in the control of programmes during the construction phase
Your training plan
Construction Quantity Surveyor (degree) Apprenticeship Standard:
- Training at the University of Greenwich on a 1 day a week/day release basis: Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, Greenwich, London, SE10 9LS
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 7+)
- Mathematics (grade 7+)
A Level or equivalent in:
- Mathematics (grade 7+)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
About this company
Stanmore is the UK's leading specialist in dry lining, facades, glazing, and metal work. Our commitment to ensuring each development or project is built for success means drawing from over 60 years of applying our craft to some of the UK's grandest and most ambitious developments. Our illustrious heritage, obsession with quality, and pioneering vision for the future are what set Stanmore apart. A reputation for best-in-class, end-to-end partnerships has been built on decades of providing the UK's largest developers with immaculate service. From design to installation, our team takes pride in a service that has led to 100% of clients recommending Stanmore in a recent survey. We believe in building better. This means sourcing the highest quality materials, hand-picking teams for each project's needs, on-time delivery, and industry-leading aftercare.
After this apprenticeship
- Expected career progression after apprenticeship is either fully fledged Estimator or Quantity Surveyor with further potential progression to Commercial Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Stanmore Contractors Ltd
Matthew Brunt
matthew.brunt@stanmore.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000307936.
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Closes in 2 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 11:59pm)
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