Company Description
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At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 cost managers, planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, programme and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
We have an opportunity for an Apprentice Quantity Surveyor to work within our cost management team, to help provide construction cost management services to our local, regional and national clients in the UK and around the world.
AECOM provides Cost Management services to Clients in both the public and private sector and to organisations in all areas of the Construction Industry including:
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Commercial – new build, refurbishment and fit out for a variety of public and private sector clients
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Education establishments including schools, colleges, academies and universities
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Residential developments for developers and registered providers
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Leisure and Culture projects such as theatres, concerts halls and museums
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Defence sector schemes, creating new buildings and supporting infrastructure
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Infrastructure schemes, including large scale rail, highways and water projects.
You will also have chance to be involved in all stages of a project; from initial project definition and brief, cost planning, through to procurement, construction and building use, you have opportunity to work with a wide variety of clients, often working alongside other construction professionals in multi-disciplinary teams. We believe that doing the work itself gives the best opportunity to learn, so you can expect to be given responsibility, and will need to be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team, all whilst receiving the guidance and support to allow you to develop. As an Apprentice, AECOM will support you on your academic pathway, which would be a graduate degree studied on a day release basis, culminating in your professional qualification.
Job Responsibilities
The Cost Management role we offer can be varied and is dependent on the Client, sector and project we are working for. The role is generally split in to pre and post contract duties, which can include:
Pre-Contract:
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Cost planning and estimating
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Attendance at Design / client meetings
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Assisting senior staff in the preparation of documentation
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Procuring construction works and managing tender processes
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Compilation of contract documentation
Post Contract:
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Attendance at site progress meetings
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Completion of Valuations
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Financial reporting
A Quantity Surveying apprentice at AECOM will have the opportunity to assist in all of the above tasks and see projects from inception to completion on site. This will provide you with invaluable real-life project experience to sit alongside and help with your studies and the academic work required of your Apprenticeship.
Qualifications
We are seeking school leavers or experienced candidates with the following predicted or secured qualifications:
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112 UCAS tariff points; this is the equivalent to A-Level B-B-C , BTEC National Diploma DMM (1x Distinction and 2x Merits) or T-Levels (Merit)
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GCSE Mathematics & English at Grade 4 (New Structure) or Grade C (Old Structure) or above.
Skills
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Strong mathematical and analytical skills
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Desire to work within the construction / property industry (current experience of construction is not necessary as we will help and guide you through an understanding of the technical aspects of construction).
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Proactive and driven approach to work and creating success
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Ability to working in a team of diverse individuals to meet common objectives
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Good organisation and communication skills; ability to manage multiple tasks and willingness to ask for help when needed, as well as support other members of the team
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Professional manner
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Ideally a UK Driving Licence
Additional Information
Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis. Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades.
You must have permanent right to work in the UK &/or Ireland as we unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.
Our Apprentices studying for a chartership degree, whereby becoming chartered is an integral part of their apprenticeship and to support our Apprentices through the Chartership programme we have both an Apprentice Mentor network and Apprentice Handbook.
The Apprentice Mentors provide informal guidance to Apprentices in their region helping them to navigate university curriculum and reviews, assist with RICS enrolment, understand the importance of CPD and Diary recording and crucially provide a lived experience perspective for apprentices.
All Early Careers (Apprentices and Graduates) colleagues complete the AECOM ADVANCE programme before progressing to their professional qualification with the RICS. You will be supported through this process with an appointed Counsellor, access to resources and attendance at our three-day technical residential and case study workshop to prepare them for their APC.
At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
