Summary
We are currently recruiting an Apprentice Building Surveyor to join our Colchester office in the Commercial Building Surveying team. The role will include advice and training in order to provide an efficient and effective building surveying service to the Practice, and its clients.
Wage
£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
Competitive salaries with regular review and benchmarking to ensure fair pay. We are a real living wage employer.
Training course
Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am - 5:30pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Start date
Monday 1 September 2025
Duration
5 years
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
The selected candidate will learn and assist with these types of services:
* Accessibility surveys
* Acquisition and disposal surveys
* Contract administration
* Design and specification
* Dilapidations
* Fire risk assessments
* Passive fire protection surveys
* Insurance valuation assessments
* Landlord and tenant advice
* Measured surveys
* Party wall awards
* Planned maintenance programmes
* Surveys
* Development monitoring
Where you’ll work
874 The Crescent
Colchester Business Park
CO4 9YQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION
Your training course
Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
* Information management - Provide data, information and advice for clients relevant to the surveying discipline.
* Health and safety - Recommend solutions to ensure safe and secure working environments.
* Construction technology - Provide advice relating to the construction technology of buildings and their materials.
* Law - Negotiate and agree terms for acquisition/disposal of property, standard forms of building contracts or other property related contracts and liaise with legal advisers.
* Consultancy - Manage instructions from engagement to completion.
* Building surveys – Undertake inspections and surveys and provide advice and recommendations to clients relating to building surveys.
* Prepare designs and specifications – Carry out the preparation of the design and specification of building projects from outline proposals to completion of the design and specification process.
* Administer contracts – Implement administrative procedures for the running of a construction project. Issue instructions, deal with payment provisions, manage variation procedures and deal with completion and possession issues and the issuing of certificates.
* Valuation and appraisal - Prepare capital and rental valuations of land and property for a range of formal and appraisal purposes and prepare client reports.
* Land, property and planning law - Negotiate solutions to issues affecting both owners and occupiers of land and property including at least two of management, sales, lettings, purchase and/or planning.
* Inspection and measurement – Undertake inspections of land and property and prepare related reports and advice. Use appropriate instrumentation to take measurements of land and property. Apply the appropriate guidance and use the appropriate basis to undertake measurements. Prepare and present measurements in an appropriate manner.
* Tendering and procurement - Provide advice and recommendations as to appropriate procurement routes and manage the tendering processes relevant to them.
* Costing and cost planning of construction works - Undertake the detailed quantification, costing and cost planning of complex construction works.
* Manage efficiencies of construction contracts – Manage the construction phase of a construction project. Carry out life cycle costing and apply value engineering processes. Prepare data, reports and forecasts.
* Information management - Provide data, information and advice for clients relevant to the surveying discipline.
* Health and safety - Recommend solutions to ensure safe and secure working environments.
* Construction technology - Provide advice relating to the construction technology of buildings and their materials.
* Law - Negotiate and agree terms for acquisition/disposal of property, standard forms of building contracts or other property related contracts and liaise with legal advisers.
* Consultancy - Manage instructions from engagement to completion.
Your training plan
* You will be completing a Chartered Surveyor degree apprenticeship (Chartered Surveying pathway)
* You will be studying the apprenticeship degree at Anglia Ruskin University (Chelmsford campus)
* You will be based at our Colchester office (CO4 9YQ)
* You will attend university 2 days per week in your first year of study, then 1 day a week in the remaining years
More training information
* Chartered Surveyor (Building Surveying) Degree Apprenticeship is delivered on a day release basis at ARU's Chelmsford campus.
* You will have to complete 20% off the job training as part of the apprenticeship
* You will also undertake an End Point Assessment (EPA) to complete your apprenticeship when all on-programme assessments have been successfully passed. This is aligned with The RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (APC). This will typically take a further 6-9 months to complete in addition to the duration of the degree.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* Any (grade C/4 or above)
* Any (grade C/4 or above)
* English (grade C/4 or above)
* Maths (grade C/4 or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Administrative skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Team working
* Patience
* Physical fitness
* Full clean driving licence
* Data analysis skills
Other requirements
The role is a combination of office and site based work. Please Note: This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.