Apprentice Quantity Surveyor

Job title:

Apprentice Quantity Surveyor

Company

Morrison Water Services

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.Start date: September 2025Where will you be working?We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.This role will be within our Thames Water Capital Delivery Programme, working out of our Redhill or ReadingWant to be a part of it?What will you be doing?This 36-month programme will develop your practical, technical and soft-skills, with Health & Safety at the heart of everything you do. On successful completion of your apprenticeship, you will gain a Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Level 4 qualification and a permanent, long-term career with M Group Water!As our Apprentice QS, you’ll act as the commercial conscious to the integrated delivery team, providing commercial support to both the project management and on-site delivery teams.Embracing the outperformance mentality, you’ll assist the commercial team to ensure that delivery is undertaken whilst controlling costs, maximising value, minimising future liabilities and maintaining the required standard of quality and safety.Key responsibilities:

• We’ll teach you to assist senior managers in the compilation of monthly commercial reports in a timely manner.
• You’ll be taught to assist in the collation of accurate site records in order to understand cost commitments.
• You’ll learn how to ensure records are kept & maintained so financial information for audits and cost assurance are readily available
• You’ll maintain regular site visits to ensure the works are measured accurately and all opportunities are identified.
• You’ll learn how to assist with the procurement and valuation of subcontract packages or work.
• You’ll learn how to maximise cash position by ensuring contractual payments to our supply chain are processed within contractual timescales.
• You’ll learn how to provide reports on actual costs vs. estimate, highlight, challenge and resolve variances.
• Safety is our licence to operate! You’ll champion health and safety standards to ensure a safe working environment.

What you’ll bring

• Valid UK driving licence
• Have the right to work in the UK
• at least 4 GCSEs at Grades 4-9/ A-C including Maths, English and Science or their equivalent
• A BTEC Extended Diploma, Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship or two A levels in a relevant subject such as Maths and Science.
• Good IT skills / Microsoft Office (in particular Microsoft Excel)
• Effective communication skills
• Have good organisational skills
• Keen to learn with an interest in development and progression
• Passionate about the industry
• Hardworking
• Reliable, with excellent attendance and timekeeping
• Ability to use own initiative
• Must have a ‘can do’ attitude

What’s in it for you?We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Personal Accident Cover

About usWe want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.#MGroupW INDAPPR.

Expected salary

£23500 per year

Location

Derby – Diseworth, Leicestershire

Job date

Fri, 16 May 2025 05:51:12 GMT

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