Apprentice Quantity Surveyor
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Company: ELITE METALCRAFT CO LTD
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Location: MIDDLESEX, UB6 7LH
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £22,800.00 per year
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Sector: Construction and the built environment
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Ref: NAS-2000004420
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Application Deadline Date: 29/05/2026
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Start Date: 15/06/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday between 8am-5pm.
Brief Description
In this role, you will work within the commercial team to report on and optimise commercial income and expenditure. The role includes supporting the senior Quantity Surveyors as well as working independently to successfully deliver contracts on time, to budget and with satisfied customers.
Training to be Provided
- Cert HE Quantity Surveying.
- Day release delivery at ARU Chelmsford campus.
Future Prospects
Advancement to Intermediate Quantity Surveyor Role.
From the intermediate Quantity Surveyor role, you can expect internal or external advancement to Senior Quantity Surveyor, Commercial Manager or other roles where Quantity Surveying expertise overlaps, such as Building Surveying, Contracts Management, Procurement Management, Planning or Dispute Resolution.
Vacancy Detail
- A combination of being responsible for fulfilling Quantity Surveying responsibilities on contracts which you will be allocated, and assisting other Quantity Surveyors fulfil their responsibilities. The balance of this will move to more independent responsibilities as your knowledge grows and is demonstrated.
- Prepare, submit and negotiate Applications for Payment, collecting the information from relevant sources, e.g. Project Mangers, delivery records, site measures etc.
- Collect and present information necessary for the accounting team to create VAT Invoices. Co-ordinate with the Accounting team to resolve queries and receive timely payment.
- Extract and organise information from various software programs to contribute to contract-specific and company-wide Monthly Reports and forecasts.
- Present and review cost information with the Operations team to optimise expenditure.
- Produce and send enquiries to subcontractors inviting them to tender. Assist Senior QS with compiling and negotiating subcontracts
- Receive and analyse supplier and subcontractor quotations, then determine with the Operations team which to proceed with based on financial and non-financial factors.
Other Information
The role will be based primarily in our office. There will be opportunities to visit sites for meetings or surveying/assessment. Travel costs will be reimbursed. Where situations arise, there may be opportunity for AQS to be based part or full time on site to get exposure to site operations and assist site teams organisationally.
Our workshop, including coatings facilities and logistics hub, is on the same premises as our office, so there will be opportunity and exposure to the construction processes happening.
Our design and project management teams are based in the same office, so you will be able to gather information directly and develop an understanding of design and operations processes.