Summary
Phoenix Brickwork UK Ltd have a great opportunity for a talented person to join our estimating team in Nottingham. The role will train you in all aspects of working with customers, from initial enquiry to order, for the various projects we are working on. We are looking for a candidate who prior working experience - even if in an unrelated field.
Wage
£18,000 a year
Training course
Construction support technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm with 1-hour unpaid lunch break
40 hours a week
Start date
Thursday 1 May 2025
Duration
2 years
Positions available
1
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
An Apprentice Estimator learns to estimate project costs by supporting the estimating team, gathering quotes, learning to read drawings, and assisting with site visits.
To undertake the tasks involved within the estimating process - an Estimator is required to produce quotations, against which a customer will place an order.
A quotation contains a list of products (identified by reviewing a set of drawings provided by the customer) and the cost for supplying these products.)
* Use IT for document creation, communication, and information management
* Comply with GDPR and cyber security
* Communicate in written form to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques and reporting mechanisms in line with company policies, using construction and built environment terminology
* Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Identify and document risks and hazards. Apply statutory and company environmental and safe working practices
* Apply and integrate appropriate mathematical and technical knowledge in the completion of built environment site and/or office processes to contribute to the coordination of construction projects
* Apply sustainable principles and low carbon processes in order to implement site environmental solutions
* Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with management requirements, assessing tasks, scheduling work, achieving deadlines, reviewing performance and keeping records of work undertaken
Where you’ll work
Unit 2 Plymouth Avenue
Brookhill Industrial Estate
Pinxton
Derbyshire
NG16 6RA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE
Your training course
Construction support technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
* Apply and integrate appropriate mathematical and technical knowledge in the completion of built environment site and/or office processes to contribute to the coordination of construction projects.
* Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Identify and document risks and hazards. Apply statutory and company environmental and safe working practices. Produce construction project risk assessment and method statements.
* Communicate verbally to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques in line with company policies.
* Interpret and abstract contract documentation to develop site solutions.
* Apply digital construction processes to produce resource lists from tender and contract documentation.
* The use of project tendering, measurement and costing systems to assist with the planning of schedules of work and to provide early warning of problems for all contract phases on site.
* Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with management requirements, assessing tasks, scheduling work, achieving deadlines, reviewing performance and keeping records of work undertaken.
* Apply sustainable principles and low carbon processes in order to implement site environmental solutions.
* Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
* Plan and undertake continued professional development (CPD) to maintain and enhance competence in their own area of practice.
* Communicate in written form to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques and reporting mechanisms in line with company policies, using construction and built environment terminology.
* Apply and integrate appropriate mathematical and technical knowledge in the completion of built environment site and/or office processes to contribute to the coordination of construction projects.
* Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Identify and document risks and hazards. Apply statutory and company environmental and safe working practices. Produce construction project risk assessment and method statements.
* Communicate verbally to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques in line with company policies.
* Interpret and abstract contract documentation to develop site solutions.
* Apply digital construction processes to produce resource lists from tender and contract documentation.
* The use of project tendering, measurement and costing systems to assist with the planning of schedules of work and to provide early warning of problems for all contract phases on site.
* Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with management requirements, assessing tasks, scheduling work, achieving deadlines, reviewing performance and keeping records of work undertaken.
* Apply sustainable principles and low carbon processes in order to implement site environmental solutions.
* Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
* Plan and undertake continued professional development (CPD) to maintain and enhance competence in their own area of practice.
* Communicate in written form to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques and reporting mechanisms in line with company policies, using construction and built environment terminology.
Your training plan
Level 3 Construction in the Built Environment/Construction Support Technician apprenticeship.
College day release starts September 2025 at Basford Campus delivered one day per week during term time.
However, the company is ready to employ an apprentice as soon as they find the right person, so please don't hesitate in applying.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English & maths (grade minimum 4 or C or Level 2 pass)
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
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Administrative skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Creative
* Initiative
Other requirements
Please research your potential commute to the company's office based on an industrial estate in Pinxton before applying.