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Base Location: Sunderland
Salary: Circa £21,000 with a post qualification salary of circa £37,000 + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available
Start date: Autumn 2024
Do you want to earn while you learn? Why not develop fantastic skills and help set the course of a FTSE 100. This is a unique opportunity to join our ICP Commercial team within the SSE distributed energy business unit. Apply now for our Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Apprenticeship and benefit from paid education, hands on learning, a competitive salary, excellent benefits and support. You'll be assigned a mentor/buddy to help navigate working within an office and site environment, whilst developing social skills, confidence and stakeholder relationships.
On completion of the apprenticeship, you'll have a level 4 qualification in Construction and Built Environment (Quantity Surveying), fully funded by SSE and invaluable hands-on experience. Once obtained, this qualification will provide opportunity to pursue further studies in construction.
The qualification is delivered by blended learning over 3 years with at least 1 day per week at Gateshead College, and the remaining days in the office or at site to support practical learning.Additional course programme information can be found below.
Construction Quantity Surveying technician / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
During the programme, you'll learn:-
- Principles and responsibilities imposed by law and other regulations in a construction environment.
- Sustainability issues in projects across economic, social and environmental aspects.
- Different forms of contracts used in construction and why they are applied in different situations.
- Different construction techniques and materials and the principles of design.
- The importance of controlling costs during a construction project and the effect of changes to the project.
- How to support with the selection of and negotiation with specialist contractors for a construction project.
- How to support with the measurement and costing of construction works during a project.
- How to support with the preparation of financial reports, cash flow and cost forecasts for a construction project.
- How to support with the collection, collation and storage of relevant data and its analysis.
- How to work with others in a collaborative and non-confrontational way.
- How to work within Rules and Regulations of Professional Competence and Conduct for the industry’s recognised professional bodies.
What do I need?
To be considered for this role, we'd love you to have:
- Five GCSEs or equivalent including level 4 English and Maths; or Functional Skills Level 2 English and Maths; or a Level 2 Apprenticeship.
- Attention to detail.
- Good communication skills.
- Good organisational skills.
- Be keen to learn, proactive and asks questions and have an interest and basic understanding in electrical infrastructure, numbers and projects.
- You’ll need to be able to commute to Gateshead College one day per week and different sites in Sunderland and Teesside.
About our Business
SSE Enterprise Utilities is the Distributed Energy (DE) and Private Networks business of SSE plc. We finance, own, operate and maintain energy infrastructure for commercial, industrial and residential customers - providing them with a market leading project development service and certainty of operational performance and asset management. In order to accelerate progress towards net zero SSE Group is investing £7m a day on low carbon infrastructure, creating 1,000 green jobs a year in the process, as part of its £25bn NZAP (Net Zero Acceleration Programme).
What's in it for you?
We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.
We welcome applications from all candidates and during the recruitment process, all candidates are required to prove they have the legal right to live and work in the UK for the full duration of the programme. The apprentice and trainee programmes are not eligible for visa sponsorship as they do not meet the minimum requirements of the Home Office
What happens now?
All applications should be made online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.
If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact apprenticesandtrainees@sse.com and we would be happy to arrange a conversation.
EXTERNAL: Before commencing your role with SSE, you'll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.
INTERNAL: As a courtesy, please let your current line manager know you are applying.
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