To meet growing workloads, national property and construction consultancy Wakemans has brought in three new quantity surveyors and is continuing to attract young talent through its trainee scheme.
Quantity surveyors Liz Lister and Shazard Choudhary are joined by graduate quantity surveyor Jordan Hughes and two new trainees, Sean Bennett and William Taylor.
Liz has worked in the property industry for around 17 years and is a highly experienced employer’s agent and quantity surveyor delivering a range of commercial and public sector projects. Having spent time with a construction company, Shazard is interested in developing his career in consultancy to enhance his project management skills.
Jordan wants to build his career in the commercial sector and joins Wakemans from the University of Wolverhampton, having graduated in June with a BSc (Hons) degree in Quantity Surveying. Both Shazard and Jordan are working towards the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC).
Having attained their A-Levels, Sean Bennett and William Taylor will gain valuable work experience working for Wakemans and will commence their fully funded BSc (Hons) degree in Quantity Surveying, part of the company’s trainee programme at the City of Birmingham University, later this year.
They are following in the footsteps of Sam Longley, Richard Coles, Matthew Gannon, Charlie Davidson-Cox and Thomas Haigh, who started their careers as Wakemans trainees and are now at various stages of their degree studies.
John Woodhall, Executive Chairman at Wakemans, said: “The Wakemans trainee programme is our way of helping to create a skilled construction workforce. It enables young people to gain valuable experience whilst earning a living and, once qualified, former trainees typically move into a full-time role and continue to build their careers with us.”
