What will the apprentice be doing on site

Enable Futures, a multi-award-winning Apprenticeship Employer, are partnering with Greenchurch Developments, a company with over 25 years experience building quality Care Homes, to employ an Apprentice Construction Contracting Operations Technician.

Relevant information about the project

You will be working in an exciting and dynamic environment which could be in an office or on a construction site at the heart of the contracting organisations including versatile activities using digital processes and systems to secure future projects and to enable progress and completion of actual construction sites. Technicians within this specific career area are engaged to interpret, analyse, contribute and directly assist construction contracting professionals working with a wide range of project resources and documentation regularly interacting with internal and external customers.

You will:

• Support the coordination of construction site-based projects alongside supervisory and technical teams on an individual site, a range of sites or in an office environment.
• Identify the suitability of health and safety documentation, including risk assessments and method statements, to assist in ensuring sufficient planning has been carried out for tasks to be completed safely.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the requirements of a project are met, ensuring records of the communications are kept in line with company processes.
• Ensure accurate contractual records are kept in relation to the planning of construction projects
• Support the production of resource lists, based on estimates, using technical drawings to identify the requirements of the project.
• Assist with the development of tenders relevant to the construction project, ensuring records of tenders are kept and processed within the required timescales.
• Support the procurement of project materials, plant and sub-contractors.
• Support the progress of construction projects, recommending and proposing revisions of programmes and assisting with the planning of schedules of work.
• Support the implementation of appropriate contract quantities and cost monitoring systems to provide early warning of problems for all contract phases on site.
• Use surveying information to contribute to the measurement, evaluation and review of project performance.

The apprentice will need

• Demonstrate a knowledge and interest in wanting to learn more about construction.
• Have a keen and enthusiastic manner
• Have a good attention to detail to ensure accuracy
• Understand Health & Safety
• Have effective communication skills both verbal and written
• Develop trust with customers and colleagues by undertaking responsibilities in an ethical and empathetic manner.
• Be dependable and responsible, displaying conscientiousness through being punctual, reliable, and professional.

Qualifications Required

5 GCSE's Grade 5-9 including Maths, English and Science

Relevant information about the site

The successful candidate will work towards a Level 3 Construction Support Technician Qualification, which will take 2 years (plus End Point Assessment) and will be delivered by T3 Training on a work-based learning aspect. Please note the successful applicant will be required to travel to Barnsley for the End Point Assessment.


37.5 Hours Per Week.
Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00
£300 Per Week (This is made up of the National Apprenticeship Wage plus £17 travel allowance)