Ready to kick-start your future in Quantity Surveying?
Join us as a Quantity Surveyor Apprentice and play a key role in delivering vital infrastructure. You’ll gain hands-on experience on site, building estimates, producing contracts and reports, and developing the technical skills needed for a successful career.
Whatyou’llbe doing asaQuantity Surveyor Apprentice
1. Attend construction sites to measure completed works, initially under the supervision of a Quantity Surveyor.
2. Build cost estimates for construction works using information gathered from site visits.
3. Carry out desktop quality assurance audits of completed work.
4. Support the Quantity Surveyor in producing contractual documents, including payment notices and change control.
5. Assist with estimating project costs based on scope and design information.
6. Help verify applications for payment.
7. Use internal systems to produce regular financial reports.
8. Work closely with Finance teams to ensure accurate financial accounting of completed works.
Where you’ll work:
Location: Clearwater Court, Reading
Hours: 36-hour week over four working days plus one training day
Start date: September 2026
Training and qualification: You’ll study with the University of the Built Environment, one of the UK’s leading Quantity Surveying training providers. Your training includes weekly virtual online lectures.
Qualification achieved: Chartered Surveyor (Degree) Level 6 Apprenticeship Standard
Duration: Permanent contract with a 60 month structured programme
What you should bring to the role:
9. 5 GCSE’s including Maths and English (grade 9-4 / A-C)
10. 96 UCAS tariff points (or an equivalent recognised qualification), or a completed Advanced Apprenticeship in Surveying or Construction Technical with a minimum DD (Diploma) or MMM (Extended Diploma), or a current RICS Associate qualification (AssocRICS).
11. Full UK driving license
What’sin it for you?
12. Excellentsalary: £23,500 annum
13. Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
14. Performance-related pay plandirectly linkedto company performance measures and targets
15. Generous Pension Scheme through AON
16. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shoppingvouchersand life assurance.