Graduate Apprentice Pre Construction Quantity Surveyor

Your career path. See it our way.

At Robertson, we see challenges, opportunities, and solutions our way. We’re bold enough to ask questions, brave enough to look at things differently, and confident enough to be ourselves. Start your career path with us as a Graduate Apprentice. You’ll join the UK’s largest family-owned construction, infrastructure, and support services business. As a Graduate Apprentice Quantity Surveyor, you’ll be part of a team that’s doing incredible things for ourselves, for the built environment around us, and for a truly sustainable future.

About the role

Ready to head into the world of work? A Graduate Apprenticeship could be your ideal start to the next phase of your career. You’ll learn about the job, on the job, whilst we support you through further studies, so you’ll gain qualifications as well as work experience and skills. As a Graduate Apprentice Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for:

• Preparing bills of quantities and schedules of works for pricing.
• Preparing and sending out of Sub-contract enquiries.
• Subcontract comparison and preparation of subcontract agreements.
• Attending, contributing to, and taking minutes of meetings as required.
• Preparing Valuations with Clients, agreeing amounts for payment and ensuring invoices are prepared and issued.
• Re-measuring work using site measurement and measurement from drawings.
• Re-measurement of subcontract applications and processing subcontract payments.
• Informing Sub-Contractors of Contract variations.

What you'll need:

• 4 Highers (B)/A Levels/Btec or HNC/HND equivalent in relevant subject.
• The ability to work on own initiative and demonstrate a methodical approach.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to work as part of a team and under pressure.
• Dedication and ambition to develop within the role.
• Computer literate and numerate.

Who we're looking for:

As a Graduate Apprentice Quantity Surveyor, we understand this may be one of your first roles, so we’re looking for someone with a genuine interest in the construction industry. Some level of experience would be great, but if you can demonstrate the ability to work on your own initiative and show a methodical approach with excellent written and verbal communication skills, this could be the role for you. You’ll also need to demonstrate your dedication and ambition to develop within the role, which we can support you.

What's in it for me

Our Principles - The Robertson Way

Our principles are our roadmap to achieving positive outcomes and delivering on our purpose. They influence daily decisions around what we do and how we do things, creating an environment of growth, innovation, and high performance.

• We listen: Listening enables us to work positively and collaboratively, giving customers, partners, and colleagues assurance that their voices are always heard.
• We are professional: Our mix of prudence and diligence, care, and attention to detail means that our customers have certainty and assurance in everything we do and trust us to deliver.
• We take responsibility: Each of us is accountable for what we do. From the smallest detail to team safety and caring for our communities and the environment, we know that everything matters.
• We are determined to succeed: Every challenge is an opportunity. We work collaboratively and focus on safety, productivity, and quality to find solutions we can be proud of that provide a positive, lasting benefit.
• We are one team: We work as one - in our teams and partnerships, and with our customers. We respect each contribution, and everyone stands up to be counted. We are Team Robertson.

For more information on our principles and culture, please visit: Robertson Culture

Benefits of working with Robertson:

• 33 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time or FTC positions, increases with length of service).
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Discounts (gym memberships, restaurants, days out etc.) with Hapi Rewards App.
• Annual Flu Vaccine.
• Access to E-Learning.
• Health & Wellbeing Support.
• Life Management & Financial Support.

Diversity & Inclusion:

When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Robertson. That’s why we’re working hard to create an environment where everyone can feel welcome, and where we can all be ourselves. We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations, and more - so whoever you are, we hope you’ll see things our way, too.

If you’ve got what it takes to look at things differently, to find new perspectives, and to discover the extraordinary within the ordinary, we’d love to meet you. To apply for this role and to start seeing things our way, submit your CV.

This role will be subject to pre-employment screening, including references. The level of screening may vary depending on role responsibilities and will be discussed at interview.