Trainee Quantity Surveyor - Degree Apprenticeship

STEPNELL LIMITED

Nottinghamshire (NG9 6RZ)

Closes on Saturday 31 January 2026

Posted on 17 December 2025

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Summary

Stepnell has fantastic higher apprenticeship opportunities and we are currently looking for trainee quantity surveyors to join our friendly and supportive teams.

• Wage:

  Competitive

  Competitive wage offered

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  Starting salary of £19K reviewed in March & September during your training period

• Training course: Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 08:30 - 17:30 with an hour for lunch with one day per week at University

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 7 September 2026

• Duration:

  4 years 10 months

• Positions available:

  2

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

You will gain competencies in a wide range of commercial techniques and expect to undertake the following:

• Liaising with clients to identify their needs
• Estimating quantities, costs and time scales for material and labour
• Preparing tender and contract documents
• Identifying and weighing up commercial risks
• Assigning work to subcontractors
• Valuing completed work, managing budgets and overseeing payments
• Ensuring projects meet legal and quality standards
• Ensuring that clients get value for their money
• Advising on the maintenance costs of specific buildings
• Submitting regular budget reports
• Following building regulations and health and safety
• Working at a client’s business, in an office or on a construction site

Where you'll work

9 Regan Way, Chetwynd Business Park
Chilwell
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG9 6RZ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY

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.

Training schedule

• The training will be delivered on a day release basis at Nottingham Trent University and supported by trained professionals and managers to deliver work to the highest standards
• You will gain competencies in a wide range of commercial techniques

More training information

Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4)
• Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Physical fitness

Other requirements

Driving License

About this employer

Stepnell is a leading regional contractor, a complete construction partner with proven end-to-end project lifecycle expertise. We serve a broad spectrum of private and public sector clients, ensuring they realise their vision by providing a more holistic approach to project design, build, management and delivery. We are an established, mature business with the resources and infrastructure to deliver larger, more challenging projects generally up to £25 million. We are ambitious and continue to grow our business; but despite our stature, we remain a family business at heart. We combine the focus and accessibility of a regional contractor, with a depth of technical competency, professional capability and national reach usually reserved only for larger organisations.

http://www.stepnell.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Contributory Pension

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

• Trainee Quantity Surveyor
• Assistant Quantity Surveyor
• Quantity Surveyor
• Senior Quantity Surveyor
• Managing Surveyor
• Commercial Manager

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005592.

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Closes on Saturday 31 January 2026

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