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Our graduate programme will help you build on your degree and establish a career where you you’ll have the freedom to learn, achieve your ambitions and leave your mark on the communities in which we work.

As a Graduate Business Support Manager, you will become a key member of our Building Services facilities management team responsible for providing engineering maintenance services to a portfolio of commercial properties. You will support business development within the Commercial Property Maintenance (CPM) sector, including supporting the mobilisation and ongoing operation of new contracts.

What you’ll do

  • Learn and embed yourself within the CPM business – develop an in-depth understanding of all aspects of the business including operations, commercial and business development
  • Represent CPM at client meetings and build and manage existing and prospective client relationships
  • Support bid management, including writing and proof-reading quality submissions and supporting the estimating of new and existing business, whilst ensuring adherence to Skanska Preconstruction governance
  • Support any additional business opportunities that will deliver client satisfaction and increase contract sales revenue
  • Create, present and manage Customer Engagement Plans for CPM
  • Populate, develop and maintain Client Relationship Management system to enable effective management of customer relationships and pipeline reporting
  • Develop customer knowledge to support work winning and delivery
  • Organise and assist in hosting business related events and functions
  • Management and delivery of reports required by either client or CPM management team
  • Support and eventually lead the mobilisation of new contracts into CPM
  • Complete any other tasks as reasonably requested by CPM senior management or the client

Who you are

  • Studying to degree level or having completed a degree in Business Studies or similar
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to develop and maintain customer relationships
  • Able to influence others effectively, including senior management
  • A self-starter who manages their own time and seeks to add value to the function
  • Able to gather, analyse and evaluate facts
  • Able to pay attention to detail and see things through to completion
  • Can deliver reports orally and written in an objective and persuasive manner
  • Have strong written communication and bid writing skills
  • Interested in starting a career within Building Services sector and progressing within the team

What we offer

  • Professional networks and support groups to help you succeed
  • The opportunity to work towards membership of your chosen professional body
  • Project management and leadership development
  • At least one volunteering day per year
  • Competitive benefits package
  • Clear learning and development opportunities to build your knowledge, skills and behaviours to prepare you for your career at Skanska

As part of the Graduate programme, you will have a clearly defined learning pathway to develop your technical and soft skills. You will build a strong professional network with exposure to our leaders and gain project management and technical skills for the future through completing a digitalisation project. You will also spend a week away completing a practical skills workshop to gain a wider understanding of the Construction industry.

Start date 

September 2021