Quantity Surveying Apprenticeship

**Organisation** **-** HR

**Job** **-** Commercial Property Surveying

**Position Type** **-** Full Time

**Quantity Surveying Apprenticeship**

**Providing Value for Money in everything we do for Transport for London**Grow your expertise helping us to upgrade and transform our network.

**Salary**

£29,281

**Location**

London (there might be some hybrid working involved depending on a placement)

**What we offer**

You will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow:

- Free travel on the TfL network for you and a nominee who lives in the same household
- Discounted national rail and Eurostar travel
- Minimum 29 days annual leave (pro rata dependent on role) plus public and bank holidays
- Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
- Retail, health, leisure and travel offers & many more

**Duration**

5 years and 9 months

**Entry requirements**

You should already hold or be working towards:

- A minimum of 2 GCSE’s (or equivalent) Grade 4 (C) and above including Maths and English
- A minimum of 96 UCAS points

You must be 18 years of age by the start date of this scheme 8th September 2025.

**Proposed start date**

8th September 2025

**Job overview**

Quantity Surveyors are at the heart of London's growth, transforming our infrastructure. We need the next generation of Quantity Surveyors to develop solutions for London’s challenges, from mass urbanisation to diminishing resources. You'll work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure value for money is being achieved.

As a quantity surveyor, you’ll work within a project team to upgrade our infrastructure (which dates back to 1863), whilst ensuring we deliver an efficient service. As we look to modernise our assets, you'll be involved in projects which extend our network, improve our station capacity, purchase new trains and buses to enhance customer experience, improve the reliability of the network via technology updates, reduce times between services and developing new entrances in stations to reduce congestion and support London’s population.

**Sustainability**

Sustainability is intrinsic to TfL’s work ethos, and we ensure that we operate in a sustainable way to protect and regenerate the natural world.

Sustainability is a focus in every stage of construction from looking at early feasibility designs ensuring the design is sustainable to ensuring the construction methods, techniques and the materials procured consider sustainability.

**What will I be doing?**

As an apprentice, your development programme will be made up of up to seven placements Our aim is to equip you with the range of skills and experience you need for your successful career. We also understand that everyone’s career is different, so every apprentice’s journey is unique. Here’s an idea of what yours could look like:
**Year 1**

**Placement 1 - Highways - 6 months -** The Highways Infrastructure programme covers both large, complex projects and smaller projects, including carriageway resurfacing, footways, drainage, structures, streetlighting, drainage and vehicle restraint systems. You will also work closely and collaboratively with Procurement, Estimating, Sponsorship, Engineering, Finance and Delivery in this role.

**Placement 2 - Station and Depot Enhancements - 6 months -** To provide upgrades and improvements to LU stations and depots. You will be dealing with contract administration, cost forecasting and cost reporting.

**Year 2**

**Placement 2 -** **Docklands Light Railway (DLR)**:

- 6 months - Management of post contract contracts. One NEC Option C circa £5m project, a post contract circa £2m bespoke 1FM contract and working with the franchisee of the DLR

After your first two years on the scheme, the six-month placements will move to year-long placements to help allow you to fully embed in your team and develop deeper knowledge and expertise.

**Where can this career take me?**

On completion of your Level 6 apprenticeship, you’ll gain a Degree in Quantity Surveying along with an accreditation and full professional membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). Apprentices tend to become Commercial Managers.

The skills you develop during your apprenticeship are highly transferrable to specialisms including Project Management, Dispute Resolution Professionals, Forensic Planning and Cost Analysis, Contract Administration.

MRICS status is worldwide, not just UK based, making this a truly international opportunity.

**What Qualifications will I gain?**

Quantity Surveying Degree

Full Professional Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)

**What training and support will you get?**

Our award-winning teams will support your ongoing development, through a wide range of on-the-job practical experience and placements. We'll support your professional development through a combination of training, mentoring, and networking.

You'll also receive one-to-one guidance throughout the programme from your:

- **Placement mana