Commercial Trainee
Application Deadline: 13 March 2026
Department: Commercial
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Teesside
Description
As a Commercial Trainee you will shadow and support members of the Commercial Department and assist with the procurement of material and plant, under supervision of the Regional Buyer / Senior Buyer. If you do not already hold a relevant qualification you may also work towards a nationally recognised qualification with the Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Apprenticeship
Key Responsibilities
* Comply with all Miller Homes policies and procedures and procurement plans
* Take off and preparing material schedules
* Expediting materials ordered as required
* Managing plant
* Processing requisition orders
* Bulk order information entry
* Material budget entry
* Material tender enquiries
* Maintenance of documentation library
* Day to day consumables for site
* General office duties for the Commercial team
* Resolving invoice queries in a timely manner ensuring, as far as possible, suppliers are paid in accordance with agreed trading terms.
* Collation of monthly plant hire data and communication of information to relevant Site Managers
* Assisting Surveyors with monthly payments, subcontractor procurement, order management and costing reports
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Below you will find a range of skills and capabilities that will be required in the role, some of these you will already possess and some we will help you to develop in your programme.
* Ability to plan, organise and monitor.
* Financial management and cost control
* Basic knowledge of construction practice and materials commonly used in the House Building / Construction Industry
* Excellent communication skills, IT, written and oral
* Building and maintaining good working relationships
* Positive can-do attitude to succeed and progress within the business
* Drive and ambition
* Resilient
Benefits
A robust development programme
Annual performance development reviews
A market leading employee assistance programme
Additional holiday purchase
Life cover
Pension