VolkerWessels UK
Graduate Quantity Surveyor
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Part of the VolkerWessels UK Group, VolkerStevin is an industry-leading civil engineering business, providing complex and innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration. Collaborating with, and drawing on the specialist skills of the group’s business units we deliver a truly integrated, multidisciplinary service.
Graduate Quantity Surveyor
Kick start your commercial career with VolkerStevin, a Tier 1 Civil Engineering leader.
VolkerStevin is currently looking for a Graduate Quantity Surveyor. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a respected Tier 1 civil engineering business and begin your career with an organisation committed to your development, growth, and long term success.
If you're looking to work on major UK infrastructure projects, learn from industry experts, and progress within a high performing commercial team — this is your opportunity.
Role Overview
As a Graduate Quantity Surveyor, you will report to a Quantity Surveyor, Project Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor. You will support the commercial team across all stages of the project lifecycle, gaining hands on experience and exposure to live civil engineering projects.
Key Responsibilities
Tender Stage
- Support the Bid Team by preparing subcontractor enquiry documentation.
- Compare and analyse subcontract quotations.
- Record, organise, and archive tender documentation for efficient project handover.
Pre Construction
- Participate in tender handover meetings with the project team.
- Develop a strong understanding of the project scope, constraints, and deliverables.
- Review tender documents and tender book allowances to understand pricing, risks, and scopes.
- Identify additional areas of commercial risk or opportunity.
- Understand subcontract versus self delivery elements of the works.
- Support the reallocation of tender allowances where required.
- Build familiarity with tender programme logic and key constraints.
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Subcontract & Consultant Management
- Assist in accurately measuring subcontractor works.
- Maintain accurate records and validate subcontractor submissions.
- Prepare subcontract payment notices for approval.
- Produce valuation based payments in line with contract requirements and quality standards.
- Ensure payments follow correct governance, are timely, and accurately reflect work completed.
- Support compilation of subcontractor liabilities and accruals.
Commercial General
- Gain understanding across core cost, value, and cash processes.
- Support monthly reporting cycles and cost management activities.
Project Controls, Contract Knowledge & Administration
- Develop awareness of project controls, contract conditions, and commercial governance.
- Assist in producing commercial documentation and reporting
About You
Required Qualifications / Expertise
Essential
- To have undertaken at least one year industrial work placement as a trainee QS (if Graduate QS)
- Continued professional development (CPD)
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Flexibility in your working locations as VolkerStevin are a National Business that operates on projects Nationwide.
If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerStevin is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
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By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerStevin are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We Offer a Range Of Benefits, Including
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
- Employee Assistance
- Flexible working opportunities programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
Additional information
Note For Recruitment Agencies
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.
We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
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