Quantity Surveying Degree Apprentice

Type: Apprentice
Region: London

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 five-and-a-half-year development programme will be made up of up to seven placement rotations. 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 1 – Piccadilly Line Upgrade – 6 months – PLU is a large, strategic programme that will see new state of the art trains, signalling systems and infrastructure upgrades for the Piccadilly Line post contract admin – assessment of payment applications, compensation events, early warnings and responding to contract communications.

Placement 2 – 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 a franchisee of the DLR

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