Civil Engineer & Production Trainee (Groundworks)

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