Our Trainee Surveyor Scheme
You’ll have real responsibility from day one; your time will be split between on the job training and working on live projects. You’ll learn all the skills you’ll need for a bright future in our growing business from our experienced Surveyors and Business Managers.
Visiting properties and sites to establish painting, maintenance, repair and refurbishment needs, you’ll learn to estimate costs. You’ll liaise with our trade teams, subcontractors and suppliers to manage projects to maximise customer satisfaction and profit. As your training progresses, you will be involved in tendering and winning new work and managing relationships with our key clients.
The role will be challenging but you’ll receive all the support you need to be successful. This includes the opportunity to be seconded in your second year of the programme, giving you the chance to broaden and deepen your experience within Ian Williams Ltd.
You will join our other Trainees in attending our structured modular training programme delivered by our own training academy, and depending on your experience could also achieve further professional qualifications externally.
On completion of your training scheme you’ll be appointed as a fully-fledged Surveyor, in addition, we are proud to say that many of our trainees have progressed to management roles following their training.
Who we are
We are one of the UK's leading property services businesses, providing property modernisation and maintenance services in the social housing, education and commercial sectors. We are well established and have traded successfully for over 70 years; we have grown significantly in this time and have further ambitions for growth providing great career development opportunities for our employees.
People are at the heart of everything we do; we invest in our employees and provide them with the opportunity to fulfil their potential in a safe, friendly and supportive working environment.
In recognition of our commitment to our employees we are delighted to be:
- Investors in People Gold accredited
- PricewaterhouseCoopers 2016 Business of the Year
- Awarded 8 consecutive RoSPA Gold awards
Who you are
Are you able to demonstrate having taken a financial risk in order to profit from it?
This is a great opportunity for someone who considers themselves as having an entrepreneurial flair, so you’ll need to be confident, motivated and committed to training to make the most of it.
As a minimum you will need to be educated to at least A-level standard, or equivalent, and have achieved grades A to C.
Although not essential to your application, a surveying related qualification will be advantageous, such as an HNC or degree.
You may have completed some work experience in the industry already, or be completely new to it!
Candidates who can demonstrate a genuine interest in developing a career in Surveying because of their education and work experience choices will really stand-out!
You should have a logical, analytical approach, good spatial awareness, excellent IT skills and the ability to communicate with people from all backgrounds.
About the process
We want to make sure we are right for each other and we therefore follow a robust recruitment process.
For your application to be considered you MUST complete the following application form:
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If your initial application is shortlisted, you will be invited to participate in a telephone interview.
Please be aware due to the high volume of applications we will only contact those applicants successful for telephone interview within four weeks of the closing date of 30th April 2017
This will be followed by an assessment centre in June 2017 for successful candidates.