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About JN Bentley

JN Bentley is a leading civil engineering and construction company mainly operating within the water industry and directly employing over 1000 people. We are a fast growing business with over 250 new people joining our team in 2016 and numbers for 2017 projected to increase further. We are a business who believes in investing in our employees with over £1m spent on training and development last year.

A significant and growing proportion of JN Bentley’s work, particularly in the water sector, is delivered through Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB) a fully-integrated design-and-construct venture. MMB was established in 1999 and since then the joint venture has gone from strength to strength, winning multiple client and industry awards for quality and innovation.

At JN Bentley we are committed to creating a fun workplace, where people have a voice, are safe, reach their potential and prosper, and the rewards are shared.

Estimating Placement

We’re currently offering the opportunity for undergraduate placement students to gain valuable experience and develop a number of key skills, working in our busy Bidding and Estimating Department, with opportunities to work at our Head Office in Skipton, North Yorkshire and Offices in Shifnal, West Midlands.

Our Bidding and Estimating teams are responsible for securing future work for the business in a highly competitive market. The role will involve working alongside an experienced team that will provide you with real-life civil engineering experience, in a fast-paced business environment. Hands-on from day one, this role will give you a real insight into the world of work and stand you in good stead to tackle your last year at university and career thereafter.

What you'll do:

• Liaise with clients and stakeholders, represent the company at site visits and meetings and provide input into presentations to prospective clients.
• Put together project plans by calculating costs required to meet the client’s technical specifications.
• Participate in the success of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire submissions to ensure a constant flow of work opportunities into the business.
• Identify and manage costing requirements, including subcontractor enquiries, supplier quotations and company/industry benchmark costs.
• Assist with the preparation, processing and submission of bids.
• Provide technical administration support to the estimating function to ensure a successful ‘work winning’ outcome.

Benefits

26 days holiday, Turkey at Christmas (or vouchers), the chance to enter the ‘Well being prize draw’ (drawn quarterly with prizes up to £1000), A chance of sponsorship for your final year.

Ideal Candidate

You must be studying a full time engineering/construction/business-related degree and be eligible to work in the UK.

The ideal candidate will possess the following attributes:

• The ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining a sense of humour.
• The ability to work to tight deadlines whilst juggling a number of different tasks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confidence, self-motivation and a strong work ethic.
• A desire to obtain a working knowledge of a wide range of contracts.
• Good numeracy and IT skills, especially in MS Office and using pricing software.

How to apply

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