Ready to kick-start your future in Quantity Surveying?
Join us as a Quantity Surveyor Apprentice and play a key role in delivering vital infrastructure. You’ll gain hands-on experience on site, building estimates, producing contracts and reports, and developing the technical skills needed for a successful career.
What you’ll be doing as a Quantity Surveyor Apprentice
- Attend construction sites to measure completed works, initially under the supervision of a Quantity Surveyor.
- Build cost estimates for construction works using information gathered from site visits.
- Carry out desktop quality assurance audits of completed work.
- Support the Quantity Surveyor in producing contractual documents, including payment notices and change control.
- Assist with estimating project costs based on scope and design information.
- Help verify applications for payment.
- Use internal systems to produce regular financial reports.
- Work closely with Finance teams to ensure accurate financial accounting of completed works.
Where you’ll work:
Location: Clearwater Court, Reading
Hours: 36-hour week over four working days plus one training day
Start date: September 2026
Training and qualification: You’ll study with the University of the Built Environment, one of the UK’s leading Quantity Surveying training providers. Your training includes weekly virtual online lectures.
Qualification achieved: Chartered Surveyor (Degree) Level 6 Apprenticeship Standard
Duration: Permanent contract with a 60 month structured programme
What you should bring to the role:
- 5 GCSE’s including Maths and English (grade 9-4 / A-C)
- 96 UCAS tariff points (or an equivalent recognised qualification), or a completed Advanced Apprenticeship in Surveying or Construction Technical with a minimum DD (Diploma) or MMM (Extended Diploma), or a current RICS Associate qualification (AssocRICS).
What’s in it for you?
- Excellent salary: £23,500 annum
- Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
- Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
- Generous Pension Scheme through AON
- Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
Find out more about our benefits and perks
Who are we?
We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.
Learn more about our purpose and values
Working at Thames Water
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way.
Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.
Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.
We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.