Degree Apprentice Quantity Surveyor – 2025 - London
General information
City/town: London
Job field: Construction
Type of contract: Permanent
ID: 4789
Description and requirements
Trainee Quantity Surveyor – 2025 - London
We are excited to launch our Apprentice and Trainee roles, starting in September 2025!
Are you ready to kickstart your career in a team where you can make a difference?
Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
Our apprentice and trainee programmes will help you build and establish a career where you will have the freedom to learn, achieve your ambitions and leave your mark on the communities in which we work.
Working as part of our building services teams, potentially working in Healthcare, Defence, Education and commercial sectors, we are now looking for an enthusiastic Trainee Quantity Surveyor to join our 2025 development programme and help us shape the future.
What you'll do:
* Supporting project delivery by managing subcontractors and adhering to the timelines of the project
* Assisting with the procurement of sub-contract packages and building strong and lasting relationships with subcontractors based on good communication and trust
* Working within the project's commercial team, measuring levels of works done
* Liaising with the site team to assess completion of works and clear for payment
* Completing site measurements and records, day work sheets, labour and plant returns
* Preparing contract documents including scopes and sub-contract warranties
* Working with numerical data in multiple software programmes to record payment applications and payment certificates
* Working alongside experienced Quantity Surveyors and construction professionals, learning to manage the commercial success of a project. No one day is the same.
What you'll bring to the role:
* Level 3 qualification such as A level, BTEC National Diploma or equivalent level 3 qualification
* 5 GCSEs including Maths and English grade 4 or above for successful enrolment on the apprenticeship
* Enjoyment of working with other people
* Comfort with various computer software packages, numerical data, and understanding legal contracts
* Enthusiasm to learn and a proactive approach to work
* Keen to bring new ideas to help us innovate and work better
What we offer:
* Part of a community of 100+ graduates and apprentices
* Funding and support to achieve a formal qualification
* Support for a meaningful career beyond the apprenticeship
* Guidance from experienced leaders and teams
* Professional and social events
* Opportunities to volunteer in the local community at least one day per year
* Support to achieve professional accreditation and expenses covered for professional membership of your choice
* Access to employee networks including Womxn’s, Ability, Pride, O.N.E (Origins, Nationalities & Ethnicities), Military, and Mental Health & Wellbeing
* My Rewards – an array of retail, dining, well-being and travel discounts
* Cycle to work scheme
* Flex-It programme for work-life balance
* Joining a mental health aware organisation offering wellbeing support
What qualification will you be studying towards?
Initially, you will be studying a level 4 qualification in Quantity Surveying at a nominated local college or University, with the plan to progress to a level 6 qualification afterwards.
Number of vacancies: 3 (1 in Facilities Management (FM) & 2 in Mechanical, Electrical & Public Health (MEP)
Skanska Group uses knowledge and foresight to shape the way people live, work and connect. More than 135 years in the making, we are one of the world’s largest development and construction companies. We create innovative and sustainable solutions that support healthy living beyond our lifetime. Established in the UK in 2000, Skanska has more than 3,300 local experts delivering projects across sectors including real estate, defence, education, highways, rail and water.
At Skanska, we believe in our Purpose, we build for a better society. Through our Values of care for life, commit to customers, be better - together, and act ethically and transparently, you will enable us to deliver our purpose.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at the interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using emerging.talent@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More information about the role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. If you have any questions, please contact us: emerging.talent@skanska.co.uk
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change at any time at the sole discretion of the business.
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