Apprentice Quantity Surveyor

Job title: Apprentice Quantity Surveyor
Apprenticeship training course title: BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying (Anglia Ruskin University)
Closing date for applications: 27 March 2026
Start date for successful candidate: Early September 2026
Working days / hours: Monday – Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm (37.5 hrs)
No of apprenticeship vacancies: 1
Salary: £16,000 rising to £21,158 in second year
Employer Address:
The Glasshouse
King’s Lane
Norwich
NR1 3PS

We are looking for an Apprentice Quantity Surveyor to become part of our friendly, welcoming team in Colchester.

Enthusiastic and willing to learn, you can expect to receive exceptional training, guidance and support to help you develop and consolidate your skills.

Come and join us, if you want to work on a variety of projects; no two days will ever be the same.

The quantity surveying role includes but is not restricted to:

• Understanding the factors that affect building cost.
• Assisting with the preparation of cost plans to advise clients on the cost of their projects and their resultant feasibility.
• Attend design/client meetings as part of a team throughout the stages of a project.
• Assisting with preparing tender documents for contractors to price. Assisting the tender process.
• Analyse tenders received and assist with the preparation tender reports.
• Attend site progress meetings during construction works to monitor progress.
• Review contractor’s applications for payment and assist with the preparation of valuations.
• Review variation costs with the contractor for any changes from the agreed contract costs.
• Assist with financial reporting to the client to keep them informed in potential changes from the contract sum.
• Analysing cost data for the use in cost plans

The workload will be varied, with a diverse range of clients including developers, property companies, retailers, local authorities, health trusts, universities, schools and academies.

Studying at Anglia Ruskin University
’s Chelmsford campus on day release, at the end of the five-year course you will have gained a BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying degree.

DCP has a strong record of nurturing trainee/apprentice surveyors through their degree programmes and subsequently through the APC process. We will provide support and structured learning to help you achieve Chartered status.

Required Qualifications:

• GCSE:
  English and Maths (grade C/4)
• BTEC:
  Any (112 UCAS points) DMM

Required skills:

• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise work to meet deadlines
• Excellent keyboard skills and the ability to use a variety of IT systems to record and process data acurately and efficiently
• Full driving licence
• Thorough attention to detail
• Willingness to contribute to and support the work of other members of the team

Our company perks, etc. include:

• 1-day per year allowed for social value/volunteering
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Professional subscriptions
• Monthly POET’s Day (Push Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Office social events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Free on-site parking

An apprenticeship is only the beginning of your career with Daniel Connal Partnership. We invest in ongoing training enabling our people to achieve their full potential. We’ve got excellent staff retention rates and examples of professional progression to back this up. One of our Partners joined the practice as a trainee, and one of our Associates started with us as a work experience student.

Established in 1946, Daniel Connal Partnership is an award winning multi-disciplinary construction consultancy.

With offices in London, Colchester and Norwich, our team of experienced and enthusiastic Project Managers, Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, and Health & Safety Advisors, work with clients large and small across all sectors of the market and throughout the UK.

Our USP is to go above and beyond our client’s expectations in all that we do.

Clients say our trademark is the care we apply to every single project; care that means timelines are met, budgets are adhered to, and quality exceeds…