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Business Development Co-ordinator (Marketing and Bid Writer)

Job Purpose and Scope:

This is an opportunity to play a key role in the Business Development team at one of the largest main contractors in Kent.You will play a key role in all aspects of the company’s activities with a focus on new business, marketing and events. Your main priorities will include helping the business respond to future work opportunities, and effectively market the business to further raise the profile of the company.

Accountabilities:

Reporting to the Business Development Manager.

Key Tasks and Activities:

• Responsible for planning, co-ordinating and attending various company events, including managing internal and external guests.
• Support the Corporate Social Responsibility commitment of the business including the varied and exciting local sponsorship partnerships.
• Liaise closely with the various teams within the business to capture information on the activities and the operations of the company to ensure effective marketing.
• Take a lead role in the development and ongoing running of the company website and other forms of social and digital marketing media.
• Manage tender and planning portals to help identify new business opportunities and ensure effective communication within the Pre-construction and Business Development Teams.
• Maintain a library of historical bids to best support the delivery of future tender submissions.
• Produce well written and detailed response documents when bidding for new work, completing Pre-Qualification Questionnaires and tender quality documents.
• Create marketing literature including e-brochures, project information sheets, website content and manage photography.
• Undertake creative design work to enhance the presentation of marketing and tender submission documents, including presentation material for client interviews and tender submission documents.

Essential:

• Excellent IT skills – competent in the use of Word, Excel, presentation software including Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
• Positive attitude to working as part of a team.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Confident to manage concurrent projects.
• Strong administration skills including excellent organisation and communication skills.
• Initiative to accomplish marketing activities and priorities.
• Confident and motivated person to represent the company at events.
• Ability to travel - due to the need to travel in the course of business, the successful candidate will need to have access to an appropriately insured vehicle and hold a full driving licence.

Desirable:

• Previous experience in a similar role would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of the construction industry.
• University degree in Business, Marketing or similar.

Package:

A competitive salary is available and will be dependent on experience.

Application process:

Please send a covering letter, CV and any further information you consider appropriate to demonstrate your suitability for the role.

Closing date

31/08/2021

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Apprenticeship - Painter and Decorator

Painter and Decorator Apprenticeship

We have an exciting career opportunity and are looking for a Painting and Decorating Apprentice to join our team at WW Martin Ltd.

If you have a passion for starting a role in Painting and Decorating with a well-established reputable company within construction and you have the following skills we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for,

- Team Player.

- Reliable.

- Flexible.

- Ability to use own initiative.

- Excellent attention to detail.

To be successful in this role you need to have an excellent eye for detail and the ability to work as part of a team.

Your Daily Duties

• Learning Painting and Decorating as a base skill and adapting to operative workload requirements.
• Provide high quality cosmetic finishes to specialist construction works.
• Preparation of Refurbishment works and application of decorative finishes.
• Preparation of New construction and application of decorative finishes.
• Maintaining good Housekeeping on site.
• Comply with High craftsmanship standards and Health and Safety requirements.

This list is not exhaustive, and you may be required to carry out other tasks to meet business needs.

College:

You will attend East Kent College in Folkestone as part of your apprenticeship with WW Martin. The college time is scheduled as 1 day per week, the remaining 4 days you will be in the workplace.

To apply for the vacancy please email a copy of your CV and Cover letter to hr@wwmartin.co.uk

Closing date

03/08/2021

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Apprenticeship - Carpentry

Carpentry Apprenticeship

We have an exciting career opportunity and are looking for a Carpentry Apprentice to join our team at WW Martin Ltd.

If you have a passion for starting a role in carpentry and with a well-established reputable company within construction, and you have the following skills we would love to hear from you.

- Team Player.

- Reliable.

- Flexible.

- Ability to use own initiative.

- Excellent attention to detail.

To be successful in this role you need to have an excellent eye for detail and the ability to work as part of a team.

Your Daily Duties

• Learning Carpentry as a base skill and adapting to operative workload requirements.
• Measuring to exacting dimensions for bespoke craftsmanship construction.
• Construction of loadbearing and nonloadbearing framework construction.
• Formation of Door linings, hanging of doors and installation of ironmongery.
• Installation of purpose made Joinery furniture.
• Installation of High Specification Kitchens.
• Installation of decorative joinery finials.
• Maintaining good housekeeping on site.

This list is not exhaustive, and you may be required to carry out other tasks to meet business needs.

College:

You will attend East Kent College in Folkestone or Broadstairs as part of your apprenticeship with WW Martin. The college time is scheduled as 1 day per week, the remaining 4 days you will be in the workplace.

To apply for the vacancy please email a copy of your CV and Cover letter to hr@wwmartin.co.uk

Closing date

03/08/2021

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Apprenticeship - Bricklaying

Bricklaying Apprenticeship

East Kent Brickwork have an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice to join our team.

If you have a passion for starting a career in bricklaying, we would love to hear from you.

Skills required:

• Reliable.
• Team Player
• Flexible.
• Ability to use own initiative.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Analysing plans and specifications to ensure you have the right materials for the project.
• Measuring required dimensions.
• Laying bricks in rows for the construction of walls and other structures.
• Repairing and maintaining bricks and cement blocks.
• Checking and measuring alignment of bricks.
• Designing shapes and spreading mortar between joints.
• General labouring

Daily Duties:

This list is not exhaustive, and you may be required to carry out other tasks to meet business needs.

College:

You will attend East Kent College in Folkestone as part of your apprenticeship with East Kent Brickwork. The college time is scheduled as 2 days per week, term on, term off. When you are term off you will expected to work 5 day week within the business.

To apply for the vacancy please email a copy of your CV and Cover letter to hr@wwmartin.co.uk

Closing date

03/08/2021

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Apprenticeship - Accounts Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice Accounts Assistant to join our accounts team at WW Martin.

If you have a passion for starting a role in accounts, and you have the following skills we would love to hear from you.

- Team Player

- Excellent communication skills

- Flexible

- Proactive

- Ability to meet deadlines.

To be successful in this role you need to have a flexible, proactive approach to your work. This is a varied position, which requires the successful candidate to carry out various day to day accounting tasks, as well as providing administrative support to the wider business.

Daily Duties

• Providing administrative support to the accounts team
• Filling
• Setting up new jobs on the accounting software
• Archiving documents
• Sorting purchase invoice post and attaching delivery notes to invoices
• Renewing company vehicle tasks discs
• Monitoring monthly sales ledger

This list is not exhaustive, and you may be required to carry out other tasks to meet business needs.

College:

You will attend East Kent College in Canterbury as part of your apprenticeship with WW Martin. The college time is scheduled as 1/2 day per week, and the rest of you apprenticeship will be carried out in the workplace.

To apply for the vacancy please email a copy of your CV and Cover letter to hr@wwmartin.co.uk

Closing date

03/08/2021

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Apprenticeship - Groundworker

Groundworker Apprenticeship

Our sister business WWM Civils have an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice to join their team.

If you have a passion for starting a career in Groundworks, we would love to hear from you.

Skills required:

• Reliable.
• Good work ethic
• Team Player
• Flexible
• Can do attitude
• Able to take instruction
• Enthusiasm
• Desire to work outside
• Helping in all aspects of groundworks
• Drainage
• Paving
• Site management
• Scope to use plant (age related)
• Material stock taking
• Concreting
• Road construction
• Brickwork.

To be successful in this role you need to have a can to attitude and lots of enthusiasm. This is a varied position, which requires the successful candidate to carry out various tasks.

Daily Duties

This list is not exhaustive, and you may be required to carry out other tasks to meet business needs.

The apprenticeship is over an 18month period. This is done onsite, and an online platform will be used where the apprentice will upload answers to questions and produce evidence to support their apprenticeship. On site assessments will be made by a recognised training assessor throughout the apprenticeship in line with the course requirements.

To apply for the vacancy please email a copy of your CV and Cover letter to hr@wwmartin.co.uk

Closing date

03/08/2021

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Contracts Manager

Role Overview

Working for a leading main contractor in Kent, the postholder will be responsible for managing the pre-construction set up, programming, on site delivery and commercial performance of a variety of construction contracts simultaneously in line with the required H&S and exceptional company quality standards.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a strong track record within a similar role and experience of managing a team of construction professionals.Construction works will be of a varied nature and will involve both new build and refurbishment works across multiple sectors including but not limited to Education, Residential, Industrial and Care.Project values will typically range from £1.5million to £20million with the vast majority of works predominantly in Kent.

Reporting

Reporting directly to Construction Director

Duties & Responsibilities

• Act as the central point of contact and key relationship manager to the client for all contract delivery matters, coordinating all roles internally and externally to the business to ensure the successful delivery of each contract.
• Plan, organise, control construction projects from pre-construction through to project close out while ensuring adherence to design specification, programme, and budgeted allowances.
• Manage and coordinate multiple site delivery teams.
• Attend pre-contract handover meetings with pre-construction and design teams to review/discuss proposed allowances/outputs & attendances.
• Create a working environment amongst the team that encourages proactive responses to project objectives in collaboration with the Client.
• Provide a vital role in developing strong client relationships to best enhance current and future contract opportunities.
• Liaise with subcontractor partners and project team members to best manage the works and ensure that all works are effectively managed for each contract.
• Plan and prepare construction programmes and monitor progress against agreed targets.
• Undertake continuous project reviews with Senior Site Management to ensure works delivered on site are in full compliance to specification, cost and programme.
• Prepare and implement site-specific safety plans and establish safe systems of work incorporating method statements.
• Work closely with company H&S Manager to ensure all sites are established and operate in accordance with H&S legislation and internal guidance.
• Manage commercial change orders and claims related to the contracts under your management in close working with the project Surveyor.
• Present progress reports in accordance with contract requirements and regular Project Team Meetings.

Package:

A competitive salary is available and will be dependent on experience.

Application process:

Please send a covering letter, CV and any further information you consider appropriate to demonstrate your suitability for the role.

Email: HR@wwmartin.co.uk

Closing date

31/08/2021

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