Trainee Site Manager (graduate Apprenticeship)
GRAHAM · Scotland · G41 1HH
About the role
Ready to kickstart your career in construction with a bang? 💥 GRAHAM is on the hunt for a motivated Trainee Site Manager to dive headfirst into our awesome Construction team! 🏗️
You'll be a key player in delivering epic building projects across the board – think commercial spaces, cool residential areas, cutting-edge education facilities, vital healthcare centres, and public sector game-changers. 🏢🏫🏥 Plus, you'll be learning from the best, working side-by-side with seasoned site pros while smashing your fully funded Higher Apprenticeship! 🎓
Get ready to get your hands dirty and gain serious experience in:
- Keeping everyone safe on site (Health & Safety Champion! ⛑️)
- Coordinating all the moving parts of a construction site 🧩
- Making sure projects stay on track and on time ⏰
- Guiding and working with our awesome subcontractors 💪
- Ensuring everything is top-notch quality ✔️
- Becoming a project management whiz kid! 🚀
You'll be involved in massive construction projects from the very beginning (setting up shop! 🏡) all the way to the grand finale (project complete! 🎉). Learn how we build incredible structures safely, on schedule, within budget, and to seriously high standards. 💯
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
- Be a superstar in supporting construction projects from start to finish. 🌟
- Help the Site Management team keep subcontractors in sync, track progress, and hit those program goals. 🎯
- Champion and live by the highest standards of health, safety, environmental compliance, and quality on site. 💚
- Lend a hand with sourcing and managing materials, plant, and site logistics. 🚚
- Forge awesome working relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and the whole project crew.🤝
- Help wrap up projects like a pro, from snagging the little details to getting everything ready for client handover. 👋
Key responsibilities
- Support the delivery of construction projects from site set-up through to completion.
- Assist the Site Management team in coordinating subcontractors, monitoring progress, and maintaining programme targets.
- Promote and uphold the highest standards of health, safety, environmental compliance, and quality on site.
- Assist with the procurement and management of materials, plant, and site logistics.
- Build effective working relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and the wider project team.
Entry requirements
Essential qualifications (Requirements: Technical Competencies Essential •Currently studying, or planning to undertake, a higher or degree-level education course in a construction-related discipline •Demonstrate strong communication skills. •Strong IT skills. •Right to work in the UK. •Full UK Driving Licence. •Willing to work throughout Scotland Desirable: •An appreciation of Health & Safety practices. •Ability to work independently or as part of a team. •Previous exposure to the construction industry, whether through a trade background, work experience, or site-based role, would be beneficial. •Able to demonstrate problem solving. Behavioural Competencies Essential •Commercial Awareness: show willingness to build a strong business acumen combined with the creativity and vision to meet customer needs and GRAHAM business requirements. •Effective Communication skills: Able to adapt communication to audience and create detailed written documents and reports. Able to maintain and manage communication links with a variety of stakeholders. Presents a professional image and promotes the Brand. •Customer Focus: Takes time to question and understand the real, underlying needs of the customer, beyond those initially expressed. Always works closely with customers, developing an independent view of their needs and acting in their long term interest •Influencing: Identifies and builds relationships with those who will be useful now and in the future in achieving strategic business objectives. •Initiative: is able to work alone to get results in an effective way. Understands and seeks to minimise waste in resources and processes. Adopts and encourages others to adopt new ways of working. Ability to work unsupervised. •Team Player: Always willing to be involved in other activities to achieve company objectives. Works collaboratively and uses influence to gain resolution of issues. Demonstrates honestly, loyalty and commitment. •Negotiation: Ability to negotiate with both subcontractors and representatives of the Employer to ensure all contractual rights and obligations are realised and protected)