Quantity Surveying Graduate
Date: 9 Nov 2024 Company: DWR Cymru Cyfyngedig Welsh Water Plc City: Newport Address:
Newport, Wales, GB, NP10 8FZ
#job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; } Job Requisition Number 6834 Work Type Permanent Job Function Cost Management Salary Range £29,285.00 -£33,277.00 Base South East Hub Closing date 8th December 2024
Bath-times, half-times, party-times, meeting-times, and cooking-times. Our water brings Wales to life! It helps 3 million people stay healthy and clean every day. It keeps businesses running smoothly and life flowing along.
We’re different. And proud of it. We’re for everyone, not for profit. We’re people from every walk of life. All with an opportunity to develop and grow amazing careers. All sharing the benefits of bringing our whole self to work.
We’re the engineers and scientists, rangers and customer advisors that keep the taps flowing and keep our customers happy.
We’re in every community. And for every community. We’re Welsh Water. The people with the passion to bring futures to life in a business that brings Wales to life!
Discover the difference Welsh Water can bring to your life and your career.
Enough about us, let's hear about you...
We are seeking interested applicants to have achieved a a minimum of a 2:2 degree in Quantity Surveying – that’s it!.... no prior experience needed.
Key skills / attributes that we’d be looking for from the successful candidate are;
1. Attention to detail
2. good communication
3. ability to work in a team
4. Numerical and Analytical skills
5. construction understanding
6. computer literacy
7. Time management and organisation
Your Graduate scheme
Key learnings during the programme:
8. Understanding of the frameworks / call off agreements / Contractors’ appetite
9. Contract establishment
10. Design Contract interface
11. Risk and opportunity management
12. Managing change
13. Forecasting accuracy
14. Establishment of Value adding governance processes
15. Strengthening of the commercial acumen of interdependent roles such as designers, procurement specialists, Project Coordinators and Project Managers.
Your Development
Your professional development is at the heart of our offer, expect to attend sessions that will develop your:
16. Presentation Skills
17. Effective Team Working
18. Resilience
19. Personal Branding
20. Time Management
21. Problem Solving
22. Managing Difficult Conversations
In addition, you will be given the opportunity to work on a variety of projects with your fellow graduates. These will allow you to develop your interpersonal and leadership skills, whilst working collaboratively with your peers. You will also be given the opportunity to work on key business projects within your specialised field.
Visit our graduate page to find out more information on what we have to offer.
Good to know
Your graduate scheme will primarily be based South-East Wales. However, on occasions and with notice you may be expected to travel to sites across the whole of Wales and its borders.
Recruitment process - We are running our adverts until December 9th. Should your application meet our criteria, you’ll be sent a short assessment to complete. The second stage of assessment will be an in-person interview, which likely take place at our Newport office between February/March 2025. Further information will be provided closer to the time. We are looking for a CV and cover letter that shows off how you will make a difference and add value. Hear what previous successful graduates have to say here.
Benefits
As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
23. Variable pay schemes
24. Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
25. Several internal employee networks including Embrace, LGBT+, Neurodiverse, Disability, Women of Welsh Water, Parents, Wellbeing and many more...
26. Enhanced family friendly policies
27. Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
28. Reduction on high street & online shopping
29. Cycle to work scheme/Car-leasing scheme
30. Online GP service
31. Voluntary private healthcare
32. Free mortgage brokering service
33. An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
34. Free Headspace App to support your wellbeing
35. Colleague matched fundraising scheme up to the value of £500 per year for your chosen charity
36. 20% off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
37. Flexible working patterns
38. We also recruit our own volunteer Wellbeing Champions (on an annual basis) - successful recruits will receive full i-act and StRaW training
Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.
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