Job Description

Location: Head Office (Southampton) – Elliotts Premier Roofing

Hours: 40 hours per week (Monday–Friday)

Salary: £16,640

Start your career in construction – No experience needed!

Looking for your first step into a professional career? Want to earn while you learn in a fun, supportive and fast-paced office?

At Elliotts Premier Roofing (EPR), we’re offering an exciting Apprentice Office Administrator role where you’ll gain real skills, real experience, and real career opportunities within the construction industry.

You’ll be joining a vibrant, friendly office team where no two days are the same. From helping organise roofing projects to supporting our contracts teams, you’ll be part of a business that helps build homes, schools, and commercial buildings across the South of the UK.

And the best part? This is just the beginning. You can build your career by going into areas like:

• Office management

• Estimating

• Finance

• Contracts management

• Project support

If you’re motivated, curious, and ready to learn, we’ll help you grow.

About Elliotts & EPR

We’ve been around for over 180 years, and we’re still growing. Elliotts employs over 300 people, and our CEO Tom Elliotts is the great-great-great grandson of the founder, so family values still run through the company.

We were even named Employer of the Year 2024 at the Solent 250 Business Awards, so we must be doing something right.

Elliotts Premier Roofing is a specialist contractor delivering high-quality commercial and new-build roofing projects across the South of the UK. With exciting growth plans, it’s a great time to join us and start building your career.

What you'll be doing

This role is perfect for someone who wants to learn how a busy construction business operates.

You’ll be supporting the team with things like:

• Answering calls and emails from customers, suppliers, and colleagues

• Scheduling appointments and site visits

• Helping prepare quotes, contracts, and project documents

• Learning how to markup site plans with the estimating team

• Ordering materials from suppliers and tracking deliveries

• Preparing paperwork for roofing teams heading out to site

• Keeping records and systems up to date

• Supporting the contracts team and occasionally visiting construction sites for project meetings

• Helping keep the office running smoothly

Don’t worry if you’ve never done this before, we’ll teach you everything you need to know.

What we’re looking for

We’re not expecting loads of experience. We’re looking for someone who is:

• Friendly and confident speaking with people

• Organised and able to keep track of tasks

• Comfortable using computers (email, spreadsheets, etc.)

• Willing to learn and try new things

• A team player with a positive, can-do attitude

• Reliable and professional

• Good at problem solving

• Great with customers and colleagues

Qualifications

4 GCSEs (or equivalent) at Grade 4–9 / A*–C, including:

• English

• Maths

What you’ll get

Benefits include:

• Annual profit share scheme

• Monthly pizza on us

• Christmas hamper

• 22 days holiday + bank holidays

• 24/7 wellbeing support

• Unlimited training and development opportunities

• Staff discounts

• Company pension

• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

Why this role is different

This isn’t just an apprenticeship where you make tea and file paperwork.

You’ll be part of a busy, energetic office, learning how real construction projects are delivered. You’ll gain valuable skills, build confidence, and open the door to multiple career paths within the business.

Team members have progressed from entry-level roles into management and specialist roles.