Company Description
United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.
United Living Group is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:
Property Services – We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to ensuring the highest building safety standards, we provide a range of services for public sector clients.
Infrastructure Services – Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. The work we do supports the requirement for effective solutions to address the UK’s decarbonisation goals, and our processes minimise environmental and carbon impacts, whilst ensuring the safe and reliable operation of assets.
New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind. We work collaboratively with registered partners, local authorities, and private developers to provide high quality, energy efficient, and sustainable homes for people to live and grow.
Connected - We connect people through fixed-line and wireless telecom infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information for all. At United Living, we have one of the largest specialist in-house teams for project management, acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance in the UK.
Job Description
Learn and understand the United Living way of working, ensuring that company processes are complied with and adopted into your daily disciplines.
Act in a professional manner in everything you do such that the Company’s reputation is enhanced and never tarnished.
Be open and honest.
Under close supervision of your line manager:
Ensure that United Living HSE&Q standards, operating processes, company policies and all legislative requirements are understood, implemented and adhered to at all times.
Bring any health and safety concerns you may have to the immediate attention of your line manager or other appropriate authority within the business.
Ensure that the United Living way of working is complied with and adopted into your daily disciplines.
Assist with the preparation, production, distribution and analysis of subcontractor/supplier/consultant enquiries and returns, ensuring all appropriate information is included and reviewed.
Ensure that tender enquiries are sent to supply chain in a timely manner.
Undertake and assist with the comparisons of supply chain quotations.
Collaboration within the wider business, communicating regularly with operations and commercial teams.
Prepare accurate take-offs from bid drawings at a level commensurate with your knowledge, development and experience.
Assist with compiling and presenting statistical data for pricing/bid analysis.
Assist with site measurements for different trade packages.
Assist the Estimator in the construction of accurate, competitive and timely bid submissions.
Develop understanding and application of the use of company systems including Conquest Estimating/take-off software packages.
File and distribute documents and drawings.
Assist with the preparation of Tender Summary document.
Learn and understand the tender process from initial enquiry to handover.
Assist with admin functions of the Estimating department.
Develop understanding of construction methods and materials and their application.
Generally support the team as required and appropriate to your role and experience.
Qualifications
3 GCSEs (or equivalent) at 9-4 (grade C or above) including Maths, English and ideally a Science
Foundation skills in Microsoft Office particularly Excel and keen to extend knowledge on software packages.
Ability to work on own initiative and well as part of a team.
Previous experience within the construction industry would be desirable, but not essential. Able to produce work accurately and to tight deadlines.
Take responsibility for own development.
Enthusiastic, committed and flexible.
Additional Information
If you are ready to be part of our expanding team and contribute to our success, apply today for immediate consideration. Join us on this exciting journey of growth and innovation!
As a business United Living prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if we require support. We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable.
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