Management Trainee Programme 2018

Our vision is to be the leading,

most trusted provider of distinctive,
quality homes in the UK.

CONTENTS

Earn while you learn 1 Recruiting for 2018 12

About Hill 3 Our people - current trainees 14
Where we work 4 Career development 16
Our achievements 5 Inspiring careers 18
Why a career in housebuilding? 7 Working with the community 20
Why join Hill? 9 Become a Hill trainee 21
Career opportunities 10
Earn while you learn
Are you ready to get your foot on the ladder to a rewarding career, gaining
qualifications as well as skills, and earning while you learn?

Hill’s management trainee programme creates exceptional professionals in the

housebuilding industry and enables you to be paid a competitive salary whilst
working towards a BSc (Hons) degree.

During term-time you will typically work for four days a week and attend
university on the fifth day. You can forget about any student loans or tuition
fees, and you will gain on-the-job experience which is invaluable. Best of all you
will have a guaranteed job when you graduate.

You will be enrolled on an accredited degree course, work alongside

experienced and knowledgeable employees and will be assigned a mentor to
guide and assist your career progression. In your first year you will experience
hands-on training as you rotate through a variety of departments, so that you
understand all the elements of the development and build process.

Your performance will be monitored and rewarded with annual pay rises.
Benefits such as a company car and fuel card are also awarded as individuals
progress and gain more experience.

We offer great support, excellent training and early responsibility, giving you the
foundations to be a future leader in our company.

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About Hill
Hill is a top 15 UK housebuilder developing homes across London and the
south east. We develop, build and sell properties which are bespoke in
design. We also build homes for our housing association and local authority
partners. Innovation, design excellence, quality build and respect for the local
environment are key to our success, which has been recognised through several
major industry awards.

In 2015 we won our most significant industry award to date - ‘Housebuilder of

the Year’ at the WhatHouse? awards plus seven other awards. In 2016 we won
six awards at WhatHouse?, including Development of the Year for the third year
running. In 2017, we continued our award successes, with the judges stating that “Hill
doesn’t miss a beat in the enduring quality of its work and the boldness and breadth of
its ambition”.

Founded in 1999 by Andy Hill, the company operates from five strategically
located offices, including our award winning head office in Waltham Abbey
(Essex), pictured left. Our other offices are located in Bicester (Oxfordshire),
Crawley (Surrey), Cambridge (Cambridgeshire) and Norwich (Norfolk).

Hill has gone from strength to strength and our growth has been rapid, with
record financial results year on year. Our annual turnover for 2017 is projected
to be over £430m and we employ over 500 people. On a typical day, Hill has
over 2,500 people working across more than 50 projects.

With plans to treble the size of the business over the next five years, we
continue to invest in the future. This includes seeking new partners and
investment opportunities, developing alternative business models and
deal structures and investing in our industry-leading management trainee
programme.

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 Where we work
We work in seven operational regions across London and the south east
of England, with five offices located in:

• Waltham Abbey (head office), Essex

• Bicester, Oxfordshire
• Crawley, Surrey
• Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
• Norwich, Norfolk

Offices

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Our achievements
There is no greater reward for us than knowing we have delivered to the
best of our ability and delighted our purchasers and partners. But it is also a
source of pleasure for all our staff when our combined or individual efforts and
achievements are recognised through awards.
A sample of some recent awards includes WhatHouse? Silver for Best Medium
Housebuilder; Regional and Seal of Excellence NHBC Pride in the Job awards;
the Eco-Living award for Virido at the London Evening Standard New Homes
Awards (shown below); and Top 10 Development of the Decade at the RESI
Conference.

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2. 3.

4.

1. 243 Ealing Road, Alperton (Special Projects)

2. Woodside Square, Muswell Hill (London)
3. Ninewells, Cambridge (Eastern)
4. Mosaics, Oxford (Western)
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Why a career in housebuilding?
Housebuilding is one of the UK’s most successful industries and there is a
huge demand for quality new homes. The industry is always adapting to new
technologies, regulations and customer demands. You’ll be in an environment
that encourages you to think, work as part of a team and you will be helping to
meet the UK’s housing need.

Choosing a career in housebuilding is choosing to work in an industry where

you achieve something real.

• Vital industry for the UK

• A variety of roles to suit different skill sets
• Great training opportunities
• Opportunity for career progression
• Excellent earning potential
• Rewarding work creating a lasting legacy

The Scene - our ground-breaking development in Walthamstow (London) in partnership

with ISHA and Waltham Forest Council, providing 121 stunning new homes alongside a
nine screen 1,200 seat cinema and fantastic new restaurants
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Almost 25% of current Hill employees
are either in or graduates of the trainee
programme, including some of our senior
managers.
Why join Hill?
At Hill you will receive first class
training and gain a qualification that
will set you up for life. We offer a wide
variety of roles and the chance to work
on and influence industry-leading
projects, with a great support network.
Our imagination and commitment to
provide homes appropriate to each
location makes for a winning formula.
With 3,000 homes in our landbank, we
have a strong future development
pipeline worth over £1bn of Gross
Development Value.
Since we launched the trainee
programme in 2003 we have welcomed
over 160 trainees to the business.
As an example of the success of our
programme, in the last three years over
50% of our graduates achieved First
Class Honours!
Hill invests heavily in the trainee
programme because we fully appreciate
how important these early years are
and we truly believe that our trainees
are the future of this company.
The WhatHouse? judges said: “Staff
training and employee engagement
remain among the best in the industry,
with Hill having their largest ever
intake into its management trainee
programme in 2017”.

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 Career opportunities Trainees are recruited into one of

Contract Surveyor Development Surveyor Estimator

Contract Surveyors A Development The Estimator’s job is to
are responsible for the Surveyor’s main prepare budgets, cost
cash management of responsibility is to control documents and
each development, manage the purchase competitive tenders to
managing and analysing and development process secure future work. The
subcontractor packages for land opportunities tenders produced are
with the aim to make that may be considered measured off drawings
a profit. They contain, by Hill. They will populate and put into a ‘Bill of
control and accurately financial appraisals to Quantities’ (BOQ).
report past costs analyse the feasibility Using supplier and
and future financial of a development. subcontractor quotes
projections. The surveyor They will work with they will price the BOQ
has an active relationship the Architectural to generate an estimate
with the client and Technician to prepare for the project. These
each subcontract trade. planning applications for costs are then handed
They must also have a developments as well as over to the Surveyor and
firm understanding of bid submissions for land Buyer to procure against.
the money coming in purchases.
and going out for each
project.
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six main disciplines:

Site Manager Technical Coordinator Architectural

The Site Manager’s role is A Technical Coordinator Technician
to deliver and manage an is responsible for the The Architectural
allocated project on time, delivery of a complete Technician will prepare
to budget and safely. design package from feasibility plans and
They ensure all trades which a project is design developments
follow and build the constructed. They for Hill. They will
design specification. Site have to coordinate work alongside the
Managers control the and review designs Development Surveyor
build process on site and from the architect and to design projects in line
they ensure all materials engineer to ensure that with expectations and
are ordered, planned accuracy, buildability, programmes. They are
and delivered when current regulations and involved in drawing up
needed. Similarly they specific requirements planning applications and
monitor subcontractor have been incorporated. standard building details.
progress and quality They ensure that all They liaise with the Local
to keep in line with the statutory authorities Authorities throughout
agreed programme and are undertaken and the planning and design
standards. liaise with the Local process.
Authorities to discharge
planning conditions.
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 Recruiting for 2018
We are now recruiting the following positions for
September 2018

Trainee Contract Surveyors

(all regions)

Trainee Development Surveyors

(Waltham Abbey, Cambridge)

Trainee Estimators
(Waltham Abbey)

Trainee Site Managers

(all regions)

Trainee Technical Coordinators

(all regions)

1. Athena, Cambridge (Major Projects)

2. Quadra, Hackney (London)
3. Sycamore Gardens, Epsom (Southern)
4. Anstey Hall Barns, Cambridge (Bespoke)
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3.

4.

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 Our people - current trainee profiles

Amelia - Trainee Oliver - Trainee Nick - Trainee

Contract Surveyor Development Surveyor Estimator
I joined Hill as a Trainee Following my BTEC Level I joined Hill after
Contract Surveyor after 3 National Diploma in completing A-Levels in
completing A-Levels Construction I enrolled Chemistry, Economics
in Business, IT and at university to study and Geography. I am
Leisure Studies. I am full time, where I met a currently in mysecond
currently in my third year Hill trainee who told me year of the trainee
of university studying about the Hill programme programme working as
towards a BSc Honours and its benefits of a trainee estimator. In
degree in Construction working and studying part my first few months I
Management. I enjoy time. The exposure you enjoyed learning from
using the knowledge get from working within vastly experienced
that I have learnt at a professional and ever people in the office. The
university and putting it growing business such trainee programme has
into practice on site, for as Hill is invaluable. The allowed me to develop
me this is the best way skills and knowledge that my knowledge and
to learn. My day to day you gain can’t be learnt skills as a person. The
work is always varied; I just in a classroom alone! trainee programme is
enjoy spending time on The degree and work go an excellent opportunity
site, as well as attending hand in hand, allowing to obtain a qualification
meetings and working in you to progress to a through university and on
a busy office. much higher level, plus top of it you get paid.
you benefit from a paid
degree, a competitive
salary and you become
eligible for a company car.
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Erin - Trainee Site Andrew - Trainee Joe - Trainee
Manager Technical Coordinator Architectural
Having completed I was first introduced to Technician
A-levels in Maths, Hill in a careers meeting I started with Hill after
Business, Economics at Sixth Form and, after studying a Level 3 BTEC
and Photography. The completing A-Levels in Extended Diploma in
role as a trainee site Product Design, Music Construction. I am
manager gives me and AS Level Geography, currently in my third
valuable experience I am now part of their year of the trainee
in the industry, whilst vastly expanding programme and I feel
attending university to trainee programme. I that I have progressed
study for a BSc Honours am currently studying a great amount since
degree in Construction for a part-time degree joining. I find designing
Management. No day in Construction our bespoke houses very
is the same on site Management while satisfying and enjoy
and it involves working working, which is a learning all aspects of
with a wide variety of great way to gain both a the job. Every project is
professions. I really enjoy qualification as well as different which makes
being part of a dedicated vital experience. Hill has the day more varied and
team who are constantly many other programmes enjoyable. The trainee
willing to enhance my on offer such as the programme offers an
knowledge and help me High Flyers scheme excellent experience,
learn. which incentivises me which provides great
to push myself to the benefits and it’s
limits both in my day to brilliant to be securing
day work and university a qualification while
assignments. earning at the same time.
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 Career development
Career development is critical to everyone’s personal
success as well as that of the company. You’ll have
support at every step to help you reach your goals and
get the most out of our management programme.

Development Benefits
Hill gives you the resources and • Company car and mobile phone
support to grow your career, take after 30 months, subject to
responsibility, be autonomous, performance
accumulate experience and show • 26 annual days’ holiday
what you can do. • Mentoring support
• Laptop for business/university use
You will interact with others, across all • Travel expenses to/from university
levels, benefiting from their advice and and other business use
knowledge. Mentoring and coaching • Subsidised events organised by
help you achieve your goals every step our Social Committee
of the way. • Personal pension plan
• Life assurance
We give you the opportunity to • Contributory private healthcare,
acquire new knowledge and enhance following probation
your skills in a safe environment.
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 Kieran Redfern
Assistant Technical Coordinator

Kieran won Trainee of the Year

in 2017 for his outstanding
performance, both at work and
university.

“I take great pride in my work

and aspire to be a strong,
dependable, key member of
the team.”

Development Day Trainee of the Year Awards

Our award-winning annual Trainee Every year we hold a trainee
Development Day brings all trainees awards dinner at which we reward
together in memorable and skill- and celebrate the success of our
enhancing team building events. trainees. One worthy trainee is
Teamwork is essential in our jobs awarded the title ‘Trainee of the Year’
- without it we would not be able to which is considered an exceptional
deliver the high quality projects upon achievement.
which Hill has built its reputation.
The awards dinner is held in
The development days are always the evening following Trainee
good fun and past activities have Development Day and is hosted by
included Dragon’s Den, The the Hill Directors.
Apprentice, fire walking, the Crystal
Maze and sheep herding. I wonder
what you could be doing in 2018!
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 Inspiring careers

Mike - Managing Mitchell - Development Luke - Estimator

Surveyor Manager
I am Managing Surveyor As Development I am now responsible
for our London Region, Manager my main for pricing construction
overseeing all commercial focus is to secure new projects ranging from
aspects within my opportunities. The £10-£40million. I am
surveying teams. My trainee programme has line manager to a fourth
responsibility comprises given me experience year trainee as it was
of working with the in preparing financial felt my experience of the
surveyors to ensure all offers, contractual programme and built up
procedures and practices negotiations, managing bank of knowledge would
are completed accurately planning applications, be beneficial to pass on.
and in a timely manner, business development The trainee programme
assisting in areas of and legal due diligence. has given me academic
doubt or concern. This early exposure to skills through the degree,
By establishing my key responsibilities has however arguably more
career through the been invaluable as I importantly I have learnt
trainee programme, have progressed. I have the real life practical side
I have obtained a recently moved from the of estimating from day
wealth of experience Eastern region to our one. I feel this has aided
and knowledge in Western region to lead on my career massively,
Hill’s processes and land acquisitions. Taking putting me ahead of
expectations which this role at this point in candidates who may have
assists me in developing my career would not have studied the same degree
in my profession even in been possible without on a full-time basis.
my role today. being part of the trainee
programme.
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Harvey - Project Darren - Senior Matt - Technical
Manager Technical Coordinator Designer
Following the completion I am responsible for My role is primarily to
of the management ensuring all design ensure that the projects
trainee programme at elements of my projects being designed and
Hill my responsibilities are produced on time constructed comply
within the business have to allow construction with the design intent of
grown. I am now running to begin. I am currently the contract drawings
the flagship development working on a £40million and also meet the
for the Western region regeneration project in requirements of both the
which consists of 237 London, involving the sales and architectural
units, acting as Project construction of high rise design teams.
Manager. flats and the renewing I prepare the Employer’s
Whilst on the trainee of an existing river wall. I Requirements and
programme I did not feel also manage two trainees specifications for each
like a trainee as my roles who are both working development, and by
and responsibilities grew their way through the providing individual
year on year. So much programme. design detailing support
so that I was the main The experience I gained to the external architects
technical coordinator on a from the programme, in and engineers, as well as
number of developments. construction knowledge ensuring our procedures
and in understanding are followed correctly.
what it means to work The trainee programme
for Hill, has really helped was the ideal springboard
me to progress in my role for me to develop this
within the company. experience and expertise.

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 Working with the community
Hill is fully committed to Corporate Social Responsibility and is always
looking to become more involved in the communities in which we work.
We sponsor a variety of activities ranging from school visits and art
installations through to supporting local football clubs.

One example is our partnership with the Hills Road Sixth Form College
rugby team as the team’s lead sponsor for three seasons. Rob Hall,
Deputy Managing Director of Residential, pictured above presenting
the kit to the team, says: “In addition to the new homes that we create,
we are fully committed to supporting the communities in which we
work. Our partnership with Hills Road Sixth Form College reinforces our
commitment to supporting the students from colleges who provide our
future graduates.”

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Become a Hill trainee

Whether you are interested in becoming a Surveyor, Estimator, Site

Manager, Development Surveyor or a Technical Coordinator, our
trainee programme will unlock your potential.

If you are unsure which role would suit you best, or for more
information on our trainee programme, please contact Simon
Hawkins on 020 8527 1400.

To apply for a trainee position with Hill please send your CV and a
covering letter to trainees@[Link]

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020 8527 1400

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