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Higher Apprentice Quantity Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship
Summary
As a Higher Apprentice Quantity Surveyor, you will play a crucial role in assisting our Regional Commercial Manager and Quantity Surveyors in the financial management and performance of contracts. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills, knowledge, and behaviours while working towards an industry-recognised qualification.
Wage: £25,084 a year
Benefits package: Includes access to an online employee discount platform, generous pension contributions, cycle to work scheme, life assurance, childcare vouchers, annual salary review, bonus schemes (subject to terms and conditions).
Training course: Construction quantity surveyor (degree) (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday, between 8.00am and 5.00pm, with one hour unpaid for lunch. 40 hours a week.
Start date: Tuesday 14 September 2027
Duration: 2 years 6 months
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:
- Financial Management: Assist in the negotiation, management, and performance tracking of contracts and sub-contracts
- Commercial Support: Get involved in procurement, supplier engagement, and the financial control of contracts
- Health & Safety: Contribute to maintaining high standards of health, safety, and environmental practices on all projects
- Personal Development: Work towards your NVQ Level 4 and HNC qualifications, attend apprenticeship training, and grow your expertise in Quantity Surveying
- Compliance: Ensure adherence to statutory legislation and company regulations
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in managing contract performance, including negotiation of terms, financial management, and reporting
- Develop skills in procurement, revenue management, and cost control
- Support in preparing payment certificates and financial reports
- Attend training sessions and complete all apprenticeship requirements
- Collaborate with various departments and demonstrate strong teamwork and communication skills
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA AT NEWCASTLE
Training course: Construction quantity surveyor (degree) (level 6)
What you'll learn
- Be able to apply and evaluate the principles for the avoidance of conflict and dispute resolution such as adjudication and arbitration between project stakeholders
- Be able to identify and manage risks of health, safety and welfare in line with legislation, hazards and safe systems of work
- Analyse costs and benefits of sustainability initiatives on a project
- Be able to advise on the legal aspects of a project and the most suitable form of contract to be used to ensure fairness and efficiency
- Be able to advise on the most suitable construction solutions that maximise value for clients and enhance the cost effectiveness of the project within the budget constraints
- Be able to advise on the appropriateness of various procurement routes and manage and report on the tendering and negotiation processes to select specialist contractors
- Advise on appropriate methods of measurement of completed works and issue documentation required for payment to specialist contractors and income from client
- Advise construction team and the client on strategies to control predicted expenditure in line with the budget
- Carry out risk assessments and implement strategies to mitigate risk
- Monitor, report and advise construction team on project cashflows and profitability.
- Evaluate and advise on financial implications of decisions during the construction phase
- Assess, interpret and report on progress and assist in the control of programmes during the construction phase
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Training schedule
You will 'earn while you learn' by completing a Higher Apprenticeship in Quantity Surveyor while working on a Heidelberg Materials site. During the thirty-month programme you will gain experience and relevant qualifications in operational aspects of our business alongside blended learning, delivered by The University of Northumbria from which you will receive a Degree. You will be supported by your line manager, and assigned a mentor, as well as receiving first class training internally.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in: 5 subjects including Maths, English and Science (grade C or above)
- A Level in: 2 subjects including a STEM subject (grade Grades A-C 112+ UCAS pts)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Due to the nature of our sites and the programme requirements, a driver's licence is highly desirable - alternatively, please check public transport links. We will accept applicants who are in progress of achieving their licence. You must be willing and able to relocate at any stage during the programme to benefit from the opportunities on offer.
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About this employer
Working at Heidelberg Materials UK is about being part of One Team. We operate over 280 manufacturing and distribution sites in the UK and employ more than 3,500 people in a wide range of roles from production workers, plant operators, technicians and drivers to sales, IT, engineering and finance managers. We are part of Heidelberg Materials, one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions. We are represented in more than 50 countries with around 51,000 employees at almost 3,000 locations.
Our aim is to be a leading sustainable business and we are committed to being fair, respectful and inclusive and are an equal opportunities employer. We exceed customer expectations through an engaged team that is professional, responsible and reliable. We believe in working safely and sustainably, focusing on a zero-harm workplace and our ambitious target to reduce our CO2 emissions by 50 per cent by 2030. Our employees understand that we do much more than just produce materials: we are vital to ensuring roads can be built and maintained; we manufacture the concrete foundations for buildings such as schools and hospitals; and we are part of major infrastructure projects that will shape the future of the UK.
https://www.heidelbergmaterials.co.uk
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab). Upon successful completion of your apprenticeship and the Heidelberg Materials programme you could progress to a supervisory role. From your fourth year, Hanson will also fund and enable you to top up your studies towards a full honours degree in minerals management over an additional two-year period. We can offer you clear career pathways, with access to multiple opportunities across our business from unit, production, plant, or operational managers, to transport and distribution managers, technical or commercial roles. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you then please apply online now.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HANSON QUARRY PRODUCTS EUROPE LIMITED
Heidelberg Materials Recruitment Team
recruitment@uk.heidelbergmaterials.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000057225.
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Closes on Monday 15 February 2027
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