Apprentice Building Surveyor
GREENE KING RETAIL SERVICES LIMITED
Recruiting nationally
Closes on Monday 1 June 2026
Posted on 3 February 2026
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Summary
Are you a driven and ambitious individual looking for a career as a Building Surveyor within the construction industry? Do you love collaborating with multiple stakeholders and possess excellent communication skills?
- Wage
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£19,747 a year
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- Includes company car
- 33% discount for you and 15% for your loved ones on all our brands.
- 50% discount for you and 25% for your loved ones at Greene King Inns and hotels.
- Training course
- Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9.00am – 17.00pm (hour for lunch).
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 31 August 2026
- Duration
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5 years
- Positions available
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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
Due to expansion, we are looking for two Building Surveyor Apprentices to join our team.
You will be responsible for ensuring the pubs within a designated region of our Managed Pub Estate comply with relevant statutory obligations and are maintained in accordance with agreed Company and Divisional standards. If you are a passion for property, we’d love to hear from you.
- Carrying out building surveying duties as directed within a defined geography on a diverse range of managed pubs.
- Facilitate the effective delivery of a property surveying programme, carrying out annual property inspections, prioritising repairs, and scheduling PPM work.
- Liaise with the operations teams to provide technical advice and expertise on repairs and maintenance.
Assist in managing the capital and revenue budgets and deliver the best value. - Create proactive maintenance solutions to improve service and reduce cost.
- Utilise best practice, common procedures and continuously improve the same.
- Communicate with the operational teams and provide appropriate information on maintenance spend and understand their priorities
- Assist a Regional Surveyor in directing a team of outsourced support service providers, including quarterly KPI review meetings.
- Ensure compliance with GK policies and statutory requirements.
- Assist the Regional Surveyors with statutory compliance responsibilities (fire risk assessments, asbestos etc.) Signing off on compliance works, assisting in managing and scheduling works.
The role will require a blend of time in our Burton office, in the field and liaison with the Head of Surveying.
Where you'll work
Field-Based role – will require a blend of time in our Burton office, in the field and liaison with the Head of Surveying.
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
- Chartered Surveyor Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship (Building Surveyor Pathway) BSc (Hons) plus APC with RICS to become chartered.
- One day per week on NTU City campus.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
A Level in:
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
About this employer
Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.
Company benefits
- A £1,500 referral bonus when you refer a friend who successfully joins our team.
- Access your wage before payday for those unexpected expenses.
- Bonus
- Retail discounts
After this apprenticeship
- Post apprentice degree course, progress to Junior Surveyor
- 2 years post-graduation qualify as a Chartered Building Surveyor with the RICS
- Promoted to Regional Surveyor with a full geographical area
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000012623.
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Closes on Monday 1 June 2026
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