Apprentice Building Surveyor

MURRAY BIRRELL LTD

ORPINGTON (BR5 1DE)

Closes on Friday 17 July 2026

Posted on 30 March 2026

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Summary

Launch your Building Surveying career with hands-on experience across contract administration, defect analysis, party wall matters, and project monitoring. Gain real insight into the industry while working on varied projects and building skills for a successful future.

Wage

£20,000 a year

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Training course
Chartered surveyor (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm, including one day a week at university.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 7 September 2026

Duration

6 years 6 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

  • Display the level of skill and exercise reasonable care in the performance of their work in relation to the competence expected of an Apprentice Building Surveyor with minimum experience and to suit age of individual
  • Receive instructions from line manager regarding service to be provided and programme. Discuss and agree same
  • Understand the need for profitability and manage own workload with line manager to meet targets of time taken v fee earned
  • Plan and organise workload with line manager. Manage same and carry out whatever technical and other work required to be undertaken
  • Capable of handling day to day liaison with the office
  • Have good communication and administration skills relevant to an Apprentice Building Surveyor grade (depending on experience)
  • To follow specific technical systems and/or procedures e.g. building contracts, Practice Notes, when requested to do so and to research and enquire about matters that the Apprentice Building Surveyor is not familiar with
  • Not to carry out, or allow to be carried out, an act in the normal day to day activities which might cause a client to take action against the company in relation to a claim for professional negligence
  • Keep line manager informed of all staff, client, technical and other matters likely to affect the running of the project
  • To be aware of the company’s health & safety statement, equal opportunities statement and other like material. Make the directors/line manager aware if there are any non-compliance issues
  • To carry out Structured Training Programme as set out by the university that you are registered to

Where you'll work

MORTIMER HOUSE
40 CHATSWORTH PARADE
PETTS WOOD
ORPINGTON
BR5 1DE

Training

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

Training provider

LONDON SOUTH BANK 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

Day release, once a week at LSBU's Southwark campus.

More training information

For more information about the BSc (Hons) Chartered Building Surveying Apprenticeship at LSBU:

https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/study/course-finder/chartered-apprenticeship-building-surveying

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths & English (grade C/4 or above)

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Professional
  • Keen to learn
  • Strong work ethic
  • Positive proactive attitude

Other requirements

All applicants must hold:

  • A Level BBB or;
  • BTEC National Diploma DDM or;
  • Access to HE qualifications with 24 Distinctions 21 Merits or;
  • Equivalent level 3 qualifications worth 128 UCAS points
  • Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths and English or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above)

About this employer

Murray Birrell is a professional chartered surveyor business built on a solid foundation of expert knowledge, transparency and unwavering dedication. This ethos runs throughout the company, securing repeat business and fostering many long-standing client relationships.

https://murraybirrell.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

The future is yours and if you show the Skills, Knowledge and Experience, the want/desire to better yourself then you will climb the corporate ladder from Apprentice, Building Surveyor, Senior Building Surveyor, Associate Director and Director.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000024084.

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Closes on Friday 17 July 2026