Assistant Quantity Surveying Level 4 Apprentice

THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED

Reading (RG1 8DB)

Closes in 23 days (Friday 6 March 2026)

Posted on 10 February 2026

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Summary

Kick‑start your future as a Quantity Surveying Assistant Apprentice, supporting the UK’s largest water and wastewater provider. You’ll gain hands‑on experience across the full project lifecycle - helping deliver projects from conception to handover.

Wage

£22,500 a year

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Training course
Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)
Hours
36 hours a week across four working days plus one off-the-job training day, Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.

36 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

2 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

What you’ll do: 

  • Support the commercial delivery of £150k - £5m+ water and wastewater projects
  • Help keep projects on track by managing milestones, contracts, and commercial processes
  • Work with the Complex Customer Projects team on cost management, tender reviews, and change control
  • Assist with reports, dashboards, tender comparisons, valuations, estimates, and final accounts
  • Carry out research and benchmarking to ensure value for money
  • Build strong relationships with providers, designers, and commercial teams to help deliver high‑quality outcomes

Where you'll work

Clearwater Court
Vastern Road
Reading
RG1 8DB

Training

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

Training provider

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

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.

Training schedule

  • Knowledge, skills and behaviours as set out in the Construction quantity surveying technician Level 4 Standard
  • Certificate of Higher Education Construction and Built Environment
  • Virtual online weekly workshops

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 9-4 / A-C)

Other in:

equivalent relevant qualification (grade 2x Cs or MM for BTEC)

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

About this employer

Who are we? We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come

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Company benefits

  • Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance  targets 
  • Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances

Disability Confident

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

  • Permanent contract with a 16 - 24-month structured programme 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000014411.

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Closes in 23 days (Friday 6 March 2026)

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