About Us
Umberslade Groundworks is a growing business with prestigious clients including Balfour Beatty, Speller Metcalfe, Wates and Willmott Dixon. We are a 27-year established family-run firm and have built a reputation for snag-free quality, taking pride in going that extra mile for our customers. We have a professional & dedicated team of full-time site staff and undertake Groundworks projects up to £1.5m in value in the West & East Midlands, typically running around 5 projects at any time.
What We offer
* Competitive pay rate – related to experience (paid weekly)
* 28 days holiday (inc. bank holidays)
* Use of company pool vehicle
* Company Pension Scheme
* Private health insurance with 24/7 GP & options to add family
About The Role
It’s an exciting opportunity to join a small friendly team of professionals and work alongside our Groundworks Contracts Manager, learning and gaining experience of that role.
Responsibilities & Duties
* Produce and maintain registers for RAMs
* Review and write simple programmes
* Site setting out where applicable
* Raising RFIs
* Taking and circulating meeting minutes
* Collation of site drawings and maintaining register
* Updating site specific software (Siteplex)
* Weekly labour and plant return for each live site
* Liaising with Contracts Manager to ensure that Labour and plant are allocated to the correct contract
About You
* Understanding of Groundwork Construction Processes or willingness to learn, including drainage, concrete works (floors slabs, formwork), foundation services, deep excavations, simple cut & fill, and water control onsite
* Pro-active, self-motivated with a track-record of team-work
* Ability to take initiative and work with colleagues & clients to resolve problems
* Familiarity with Excel, Outlook and Word, and generally computer literate
* Good time management & ability to plan & work to deadlines
Licence/Certification:
* HNC or NVQ 5 qualification or above ideally within the construction field
* Driving Licence
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Working hours: Monday to Friday – 8am to 5pm