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Trainee Estimator
Join Our Team as a Trainee Estimator!
Are you a motivated individual with a degree in civil engineering, quantity surveying, or construction management looking to grow your career in Estimating? Are you looking to kick-start your career with a company that values long-term development and growth? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
About Us
At Careys, we're dedicated to shaping the future of construction. Our team is committed to delivering high-quality projects and exceeding client expectations. As we continue to grow, we're seeking talented individuals like you to join us on our journey.
Role Purpose
As an Assistant Estimator, you'll play a crucial role in our estimating team, reporting to the Managing Estimator. Your main responsibilities will include undertaking measurements from tender drawings, preparing bills of quantities, and assisting estimators in compiling estimates and rate bills of quantities.
Job Details
- Department: Estimating
- Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
- Location: Glasgow Office
- Workplace type: Onsite
- Reporting To: Managing Estimator
What You Will Be Doing
- Review and understand the scope of works, drawings, and specifications.
- Utilise tools such as Bluebeam or ACC Take Off Tool to measure and take off quantities from drawings.
- Produce bills of quantities following applicable methods of measurement.
- Compile supplier/sub-contractor enquiries for tender buying.
- Work from first principles to rate items within bills of quantities.
- Participate in mid-bid, tender review, and adjudication/settlement meetings.
- Attend client meetings, including pre/post contract interviews.
- Encourage knowledge sharing and upskilling across the team.
What You Will Bring
Technical Skills and Experience
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- Experience in civil engineering or construction management, with exposure to project types such as bulk earthworks, groundworks, roadworks, and RC frames.
- Familiarity with methods of measurement, particularly SMM7.
- Proficiency in electronic measuring tools such as Bluebeam or ACC Take Off Tool.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Degree qualified in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or Construction Management.
- Experience using estimating software such as Candy or similar.
Personal Skills And Attributes
- Numerically minded with a sound commercial acumen.
- Highly organised with excellent time-management skills.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with different audiences.
- A problem solver who can anticipate issues and present effective solutions.
- Embraces change and thrives in a continuous improvement environment.
- Builds relationships based on trust and integrity.
- A collaborative team player with a sense of personal accountability and ownership.
Benefits
Why Join Us?
- 26 days holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays.
- Excellent salary and benefits
- Company pension
- Flexi-care benefits: Tastecard, Gym Membership, Cycle2Work, Holiday Trading, Health cash plan.
- Opportunities for long-term development and growth.
- A supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Exciting projects and challenges to enhance your skills and expertise.
About Carey Group
Our story starts in 1969 with three brothers and a van.
John, Tom and Pat Carey moved to London from Ireland and started a groundworks contracting company in London called PJ Carey Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd.
Their aspirations at the time were reflective of the values of the Carey Group today – to care about everything they did, to act with humility in all interactions, to be passionate about their work and be authentic at all times.
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The Carey Group remains a family-owned construction business, operating across the UK and Ireland. Their goal at the time was to grow to around 50 operatives and provide quality, safe work so that they and their employees could provide for their families and get safe home every day. Through hard work and sticking to their values and their word, this was certainly achieved….and some.
Throughout the years, we have remained committed to delivering on our promises, respecting our clients, offering innovative solutions and producing the highest-quality work in safe environments. These are the core principles set by our Founders, the ones we have never wavered from and they help us to fulfil our ultimate vision to be the most trusted and socially responsible construction company, that people are proud to work with.
Our strong approach is underpinned by robust financial management, continuous investment in our people, specialist equipment and strategic assets and our long-standing culture of teamwork – we want to create the very best environments for our people.
We care about our people and our partners and how we work with them, ensuring we do our best by them. Ultimately, we care about our impact on the world around us and the communities that we proudly help to shape.
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Job Details
- Department: Estimating
- Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
- Location: Glasgow Office
- Workplace type: Onsite
- Reporting To: Managing Estimator
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