Commercial Apprentice
Full TimeJob Overview
As a Commercial Apprentice you will shadow and support members of the Commercial Department and assist with the procurement of material and plant, under supervision of the Regional Buyer / Senior Buyer.
If you do not already hold a relevant qualification you may also work towards a nationally recognised qualification with the Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Apprenticeship
Key Responsibilities
- Comply with all Miller Homes policies and procedures and procurement plans
- Take off and preparing material schedules
- Expediting materials ordered as required
- Managing plant
- Processing requisition orders
- Bulk order information entry
- Material budget entry
- Material tender enquiries
- Maintenance of documentation library
- Day to day consumables for site
- General office duties for the Commercial team
- Resolving invoice queries in a timely manner ensuring, as far as possible, suppliers are paid in accordance with agreed trading terms.
- Collation of monthly plant hire data and communication of information to relevant Site Managers
- Assisting Surveyors with monthly payments, subcontractor procurement, order management and costing reports
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Below you will find a range of skills and capabilities that will be required in the role, some of these you will already possess and some we will help you to develop in your programme.
- Ability to plan, organise and monitor.
- Financial management and cost control
- Basic knowledge of construction practice and materials commonly used in the House Building / Construction Industry
- Excellent communication skills, IT, written and oral
- Building and maintaining good working relationships
- Positive can-do attitude to succeed and progress within the business
- Drive and ambition
- Resilient