Chartered Quantity Surveyor Apprentice
STONBURY LIMITED
Derby (DE24 8EH)
Closes in 25 days (Friday 4 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 9 June 2025
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Summary
As an apprentice, you’ll work in an supportive environment and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
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Starting Salary Range 20 - 22k pa
- Training course
- Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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5 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
- Carrying out thorough financial negotiations.
- Form close working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Undertake site visits to understand the full scope of the works
Work with the project delivery team to formulate a realistic budget for schemes to maximise revenue, profit and reputation. - Agree and submit monthly interim valuations and final accounts to ensure timely processing of client invoicing and payment applications.
- Identify, prepare, submit and agree early warning notices and compensation events as required under NEC contract to ensure that any changes to original quotations are factored in.
Where you'll work
Unit 5 Sidney Robinson Business Park
Ascot Dr
Derby
DE24 8EH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
Your training course
Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
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
The training will take place at NTU City campus. Apprentices will need to attend on a day release basis, one day per week for in person teaching.
More training information
The apprenticeship is 5 years for the BSc (Hons) QS & Commercial Management. There is an additional 8 - 12 months for the 'End Point Assessment', which is the APC process with RICS.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English & Maths (grade C/4)A Level in:
3 Subjects or BTEC/T Level equivalent (grade 112 UCAS points)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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
About this company
We specialise in sustainable water asset management solutions, delivering exceptional value outcomes in potable water, wastewater and the environment. https://stonbury.com/who-we-are
After this apprenticeship
Apprentices will complete the full degree and complete the APC process with RICS to become a fully chartered surveyor.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
Georgie Field
georgiefield@stonbury.co.uk
07977748530
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325159.
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Closes in 25 days (Friday 4 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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