Trainee Contract Manager
Ian Williams
Nottingham
- Vacancy type
- Graduate job
- Salary
- 26,325 + 6,700 Car Allowance
- Industry
- Construction, architecture, and the built environment
- Apply by | Start date
- 06/02/2026 | 23/02/2026
Ian Williams
Our mission is to provide a quality, customer-focused service.
One of the UK’s largest privately-owned property services companies, Ian Williams are at the forefront of delivering innovative painting, planned investment and repair services across the housing, education, retirement living, and commercial sectors.
At Ian Williams, we aim to be a company loved by our employees and customers. We don't just offer jobs; we offer long-term careers that empower individuals to thrive. Here, your career trajectory is limited only by your ambition. We provide extensive training, award-winning apprenticeship and trainee surveyor programmes, and continuous learning opportunities to develop our employees professionally. We are on an ambitious, exciting and sustainable growth journey – come and join us.
An Apprenticeship at Ian Williams isn’t just the start of an exciting career, we offer you a permanent contract so that you know your future is secure. We want our apprentices to go further with us and become the Forepeople, Contract Managers, and General Managers of the future. We can help you fulfil your potential and expand your horizons.
People Director
Apprenticeships at Ian Williams
Apprenticeships at Ian Williams provide you with an opportunity to thrive in a place that feels like home.
Our success brings security at Ian Williams which is why when you’re taken on as an Apprentice you’re immediately offered a permanent contract, we want to develop you and keep your talent with us. You will be assigned a mentor with whom you will have the opportunity to speak regularly on a one-to-one basis, and an on-site coach in your trade to show you the ropes and help you develop to your full potential! Our in-house Academy team are on hand to make sure you can go further with us, they offer support for anything from balancing your college work to your well-being and are just a simple phone call away. Our Apprentices are talented and we want to celebrate that, so we ensure that you always have an opportunity to attend and be considered in local and national competitions where your skills are recognised and celebrated. Celebrating your skills doesn’t end there though, we have an annual celebration to celebrate your success in completing your Apprenticeship and training. Our apprentices currently make up 12% of our trade workforce, we want to support you in developing skills that can change lives and experience that will always be valued.
Perks and benefits
Bonus and reward scheme
Employee assistance
Generous parental leave
Learning and development
Pension
Rewards and benefits
Wellbeing scheme
Ian Williams
Quarry Road, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS37 6JL
Visit our websiteCompany information
- Headquarters:
- Bristol
- Founded:
- 1946
- Revenue:
- £181m in 2024/2025
- Company size:
- A large enterprise with 1431 employees
- Industry:
- Painting, Planned Maintenance, Responsive Repairs
Contact details
Locations
Birmingham, Aston
2nd Floor Aqueous One, Aston Cross Business Park, Birmingham, Aston, United Kingdom, B6 5RQ
Wrexham
Ground floor suite, Clwyd House, Ash Road South, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham, United Kingdom, LL13 9UG
Bristol
Folly Brook Road, Emersons Green, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS16 7FL
Cardiff
Unit 1 Ash Tree Court, Woodsy Close, Cardiff Gate, Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF23 8RW
Amesbury, Salisbury
Unit 3 2nd Floor, Minton House, London Road, Amesbury, Salisbury, United Kingdom, SP4 7RT
Watford
Suite B1 Kebbell House, Carpenders Park, Watford, United Kingdom, WD19 5EF
Surrey, Epsom
West Hill House, West Hill, Surrey, Epsom, United Kingdom, KT19 8JD
Tonbridge, Maidstone
Unit 3, Crowhurst Hop Farm, Bullen Lane, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Maidstone, United Kingdom, TN12 5LP
Romsey, Southampton
First Floor, Unit 3, Park Court, Premier Way, Abbey Park Industrial Estate, Romsey, Southampton, United Kingdom, SO51 9DN
Exeter, Exmouth
Unit 11a Woodbury House Business Park, Castle Lane, Woodbury, Exeter, Exmouth, United Kingdom, EX5 1AY
Newton Abbot
Homeside House, Silverhills Road, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom, TQ12 5ND
Plymouth
Seaton House, 16 Williams Prance Road, Plymouth, United Kingdom, PL6 5WR
Burnley
Lodge House, Cow Lane, Burnley, United Kingdom, BB11 1NN
Peterborough
C/O Accent Housing, West Point, Tesla Court, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, United Kingdom, PE2 6EA
Guilford
Waverley Borough Council, Top Floor, Housing Dept, The Burys, Godalming, Guilford, United Kingdom, GU7 1HR
Testimonials
A Positive Working Environment
Ian Williams is a brilliant place to work! I learnt many skills over my three-year course. There is a great positive working environment, as a female working in the construction industry I’ve always felt comfortable and valued.
Perfect Platform to grow my career
Joining the Trainee Surveyor Programme at Ian Williams has been an incredibly rewarding experience. An environment where I had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience. Ian Williams has provided me with the perfect platform to grow my career in quantity surveying.
No two days are the same
Working at Ian Williams is interesting, no two days are the same. They are great at making sure apprentices are taken care of and upskilled as much as possible before they’re qualified in their respective field.
Turning my hopes of a career in carpentry into a reality was fulfilled entirely through my apprenticeship with Ian Williams. Having worked hard to achieve a Foreperson position at Ian Williams, I take great pride in being a ‘homegrown’ apprentice! Imparting knowledge onto apprentices and seeing them thrive in their field is an incredible thing, and I wouldn’t be able to do that without being an IW apprentice myself! If anyone doubts what you can achieve with an apprenticeship, I hope you take my journey as an indication to go for it.
Working Foreperson
Culture
Our mission is to be a company loved by its employees and customers, we strive to achieve this by ensuring the values and behaviours our teams demonstrate every day support this aim, creating a safe, supportive, and friendly working environment where our employees can do their best work. We’re here for our people. Investing in them, listening to them, and supporting their needs inside and outside work. As part of our trade team, you’ll always feel valued for your skills and expertise and be rewarded for your hard work. With Ian Williams, you’ll join a business where you’ll feel at home. With a team that cares for one another. A company that is growing and where you can go further with us. A business that is building something brilliant.
Values
Everything we do, is done with honesty, commitment and integrity. We behave to others as we would wish them to behave to us, and by being a great employer that puts the well-being of our people above all else, we will ensure they flourish and grow. We want you to feel at home with us, so we will support you both in work, and outside of it. You’ll work alongside homegrown industry experts, gaining skills and advancing each day. Our business is growing, and so are the opportunities for you to thrive.
Awards
We Invest in People Gold (IIP)
2017 - 2025
Rising Star Award (National Housing Maintenance Forum Awards)
2025
Apprentice of the Year (National Housing Maintenance Forum Awards)
2024