Quantity Surveyor Apprentice
Igloo Contractors Limited
DENABY MAIN (DN12 4LH)
Closes in 18 days (Sunday 13 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 June 2025
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Summary
Igloo Contractors are looking for an ambitious future quantity surveyor to join their friendly team. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain knowledge, skills and experience whilst training.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.00pm, with 30 minutes lunch.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 28 July 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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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
Day to day you will:
- Review & Manage Tender documents and prepare bill of quantities
- Review and Evaluate cost estimates
- Chase all quotations to obtain projects orders
- Prepare quotes in detail
- Ensure timely completion of quotes
- Understand scope of work on projects
- Liaise with subcontractors
- Diary management
- Build Relationship with Clients
- Liaising with other commercial staff and operational staff
- Have a positive outgoing approach
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Any other ad-hoc duties
Further duties:
- Assist the commercial manager with routine tasks to gain basis understanding of commercial processes
- Shadow the commercial manager to develop knowledge in areas such as pricing, quoting, purchasing, and general support
- Ability to apply common sense and reasoning when carrying out detailed written and verbal instructions and when incurring problematic situations
Where you'll work
UNIT 2E
COALPIT ROAD
DENABY MAIN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
DENABY MAIN
DN12 4LH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Your training course
Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Health and Safety: Apply health and safety issues to all activities.
- Sustainability: Demonstrate application of the principles of sustainability.
- Construction Technology: Assist in the implementation of the most appropriate solutions for construction projects
- Contracts: Be able to apply different types of contracts to different situations.
- Procurement: Assist in the selection of and negotiation with specialist contractors for a construction project.
- Cost control: Assist in the measurement and costing of construction works during a project.
- Financial reporting: Assist in the preparation of financial reports, cash flow and cost forecasts for a construction project.
- Administration: Assist in the collection, collation and storage of relevant data and its analysis.
Your training plan
Training will be at North Lindsey College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer. Day release.
You will undertake the Construction Quantity Surveying Technician standard.
https://skillsengland.education.gov.uk/apprenticeships/st0049-v1-1
You will undertake Functional Skills for English and/or Maths if needed
You will undertake both on and off-the-job training by a team of industry qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge and experience that will help you progress in your career.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English and Maths (grade C/4)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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
Applicants must be 18+ due to site work and health and safety. You must be able to travel to and from work and college. Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week). The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
About this company
Igloo Contractors is a turnkey fit out company, providing fully managed internal construction solutions that cover all bases. Every project is handled by one of our expert contract managers. They’re not salespeople. Far from it. They’re experienced tradesmen in their own right, who can advise on the best approach, materials or services to cut costs and improve outcomes. Above all else, we’re dependable. When you hand us a project, you know it will be done well and finished on time – and you won’t have to lift a finger. All jobs run like clockwork, overseen by on-site supervisors to ensure high quality and timely completion. They’re accompanied by fully trained teams who operate professionally and efficiently on your site – and even clean up at the end of the job.
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a higher-level apprenticeship or full-time employment for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Jamie Herrington
jamie.herrington1@don.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327884.
Apply now
Closes in 18 days (Sunday 13 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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