Overview
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Role: Graduate Quantity Surveyor
Location: Elgin
Salary: £28,000 to £32,000 (dependant on Grade achieved and relevant industry experience)
Find your right-fit early careers programme and get ready to work on real challenges that will grow your knowledge and confidence with every passing day. You’ll be surrounded by a team that gives you support and genuinely cares that you succeed as you start building your unique career at Robertson. As a Graduate Quantity Surveyor, you’ll be part of a team that’s doing incredible things – for ourselves, for the built environment around us, and for a truly sustainable future.
Your new role
About the role:
Our Graduate opportunities could take you to any of our UK sites, where you’ll find out what we do and how we do it, contribute to projects, and grow your knowledge, network and responsibilities. In addition we will support you through your 2 year Graduate Programme to develop and progress in your chosen career path. As a Graduate Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for:
1. Preparing bills of quantities and schedules of works for pricing.
2. Preparing and sending out of Sub-contract enquires.
3. Subcontract comparison and preparation of subcontract agreements.
4. Attending, contributing to, and taking minutes of meetings as required.
5. Preparing Valuations with Client’s, agreeing amounts for payment and ensuring invoices are prepared and issued.
6. Re-measuring work using site measurement and measurement from drawings.
7. Re-measurement of subcontract applications and processing subcontract payments.
8. Informing Sub-Contractors of Contract variations.
What we need from you:
You'll be degree educated or due to graduate in the summer of 2025 (2:1 desirable) in a relevant subject. You should be focused and highly motivated, as well as excellent planning/prioritising and time-management skills. You will also need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships with stakeholders, as well as the ability to cope under pressure.
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What's in it for me
Our Principles - The Robertson Way
Our principles are our roadmap to achieving positive outcomes and delivering on our purpose. They influence daily decisions around what we do and how we do things, creating an environment of growth, innovation and high performance.
We listen
Listening enables us to work positively and collaboratively, and gives customers, partners and colleagues the assurance that their voices are always heard.
We are professional
Our mix of prudence and diligence, care and attention to detail means that our customers have certainty and assurance in everything we do and trust us to deliver.
We take responsibility
Each of us is accountable for what we do. From the smallest detail to team safety and caring for our communities and the environment, we know that everything matters.
We are determined to succeed
Every challenge is an opportunity. We work collaboratively and focus on safety, productivity and quality to find solutions we can be proud of and that provide a positive, lasting benefit.
We are one team
We work as one - in our teams and partnerships, and with our customers. We respect each contribution, and everyone stands up to be counted. We are Team Robertson.
For more information on our principles and culture, please visit:
Benefits of working with Robertson:
In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and employee benefits such as:
9. 33 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time or FTC positions, increases with length of service)
10. Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
11. Life Assurance
12. Cycle to Work Scheme
13. Discounts (gym memberships, restaurants, days out with Hapi Rewards App
14. Annual Flu Vaccine
15. Access to E-Learning
16. Health & Wellbeing Support
17. Life Management & Financial Support
Diversity & Inclusion:
When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Robertson. That’s why we’re working hard to create an environment where everyone can feel welcome, and where we can all be ourselves. We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you’ll see things our way, too.
Recruitment Timeline
Stage 1 – Online Applications:
You can apply up until 21 November 2025. We recommend getting your application in early!
Stage 2 – Shortlisting:
We’ll review all applications during December 2025 and get in touch to invite successful candidates to interview.
Stage 3 – Interviews:
Interviews will take place in January 2026. We’ll let you know everything you need to prepare in advance.
Stage 4 – Offers:
Offers will be made in February 2026. We’ll keep you updated throughout the process so you know what to expect.