Quantity Surveyor Level 4 Apprentice - Ringway - Herts

Introduction

The role would include a mixture of office and site-based tasks to give you the well-rounded experience required to see schemes from start to finish in highways maintenance. If you prefer hands-on experience, outdoors and teamwork, have a look at the details below.

About the Employer

Together with our associated companies, Ringway teams are responsible for looking after over 50,000 kms of the UK’s highways network – we deliver specialist highway services across the largest highways maintenance portfolio within the UK, including strategic road network, DBFO motorway and trunk roads, and the local authority network. We are private sector partners, dedicated to delivering public services. We offer best practice maintenance services through local solutions which make an impact in the communities in which we operate. We take pride in offering a dedicated, flexible approach which supports our clients, underpinned by the recruitment, development and retention of a locally based workforce and supported by a close community of trusted supply-chain partners. Self-delivery is core to our business model. Working together with our clients we deliver cyclic and reactive maintenance, incident response, severe weather operations, surfacing and specialist treatments with local accountability and people who take pride in the services they deliver. Ringway is committed to creating a working environment that is inclusive and diverse.

What You'll Do

• Commercial understanding of Term Maintenance Contracts
• Support of change management - Early Warning Notice process, Variations, Remeasurement
• Support of Supply chain partners assessment and payment
• Use of commercial management IT systems for measurement and cost
• Representing Ringway in client facing meetings
• Processing and management of payment applications   
• Assisting cost management in the weekly cost / value
• Reconciliation meetings
• Aiding the QS / Senior QS in the administration of subcontracts
• The role would include a mixture of office and site-based tasks to give you the well-rounded experience required to see schemes from conception into construction and completion. This would involve exposure to Health, Safety & Environment management, Planning and Coordination and Commercial Management

Training Outcome

• Opportunity for progression to a Degree Apprenticeship upon completion
• An Apprenticeship Scheme has been designed to kick-start your journey towards becoming an industry expert
• We are looking for a long-term relationship with our apprentices, and we have a long-term career structure in mind, whereby we see the apprentice developing into senior roles within our business as it grows

Skills Required

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative

Qualifications

• Desired - GCSE - English - 5 or above
• Desired - GCSE - Maths - 4 or above
• Desired - A Level - English - 5 or above
• Desired - A Level - Maths - 5 or above
• Desired - BTEC - Engineering - Merit or above

Course Information

Course: Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)

Level: 4

Route: Construction and the built environment

Apprenticeship Level: Higher

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Monday - Friday between 8.00am - 5.00pm.

Expected Duration: 2 Years

Training Provider: LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

This employer is part of the Disability Confident scheme, committed to employing disabled people.