Apprentice Quantity Surveyor

Overview

We're seeking people who bring together a unique blend of personal strengths, technical know-how, and a genuine passion for the built environment and construction industry.

TSA Riley is a global organisation, 1,000 people strong. We provide expert project consultancy across project management, cost management, advisory, ESG, and asset management, and our people are at the centre of everything we do.

We help clients create great places to work, live, shop, play, and produce.

Visit our work and grow with us page for information about our graduate, apprenticeship, and professional development programmes, or apply for an advertised position below. We'd love to hear from you.

• Cultivate positive and trusting relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Effectively communicate ideas and actions that resonate with diverse audiences.
• Exhibit drive, flexibility, passion, and a proactive attitude towards tasks.
• Take ownership of responsibilities and ensure timely delivery on commitments.
• Approach challenges with a solutions‑oriented mindset.
• Analyse and synthesise detailed information to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Possess a degree qualification, underpinning knowledge and skills.

Starting Salary: £19,500 p/a + Fully Financed Degree

Start Date:
September 2026

Closing date for applications:
Sunday 8th March.

We are excited to launch this new Degree Apprenticeship opportunity in our Cambridge office.

Are you looking to kick‑start a career in Property and Construction? Would you like to work with an established, innovative and market‑leading construction consultancy? Do you want to work on exciting projects that have a transformative social impact in the local community and challenge you daily?

If so, our Apprentice Quantity Surveyor vacancy in Cambridge could be a fantastic opportunity for you!

Our apprenticeship scheme will give you the opportunity to learn a highly skilled, professional and sought‑after job role in the construction industry whilst studying towards a fully financed Degree in Quantity Surveying. In addition to this, you will do all of this whilst earning a competitive salary.

During the scheme, you'll attend University one day per week to learn the skills you need to excel in your field. But it's not just study. You'll spend the remainder of your time working in our office or with our clients, putting everything you've learnt into action on live projects. Giving you the perfect blend of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to start your quantity surveying career.

If you have completed or are in the final year of your A‑Levels, Level 3 NVQ or similar equivalent qualification, and have ambitions of working in our industry; we would love for you to apply for our Degree Apprenticeship.

We're looking for individuals who are:

• Are keen to learn
• Embrace responsibility
• Share our values of 'We win together, We own it always, We focus on what matters, We are curious'
• Are organised and well prepared for the workplace with excellent timekeeping
• Have great numerical and communication skills
• Enjoy working in a collaborative team environment
• Can follow instructions, work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Have a true passion to pursue a career in a construction professional role

Essential Qualification Requirements:

• Have or are expecting 104 UCAS points or more by the end of this summer
• Have level 4 or above in GCSE Maths and English

If you have already achieved a Degree / Masters or similar level 6 or higher qualification, then we regret that we are unable to consider you for this role.

TSA Riley has a 130-year heritage dating back to 1890 when Henry Riley Esq first established a quantity surveying practice in London. In Asia Pacific we trace our roots back to the 1980s through the merging of several respected, small project management and advisory firms.

Now, in the 21st century, we're defining and pioneering a new way of helping our clients drive greater value and impact from their built assets.

Plan. Procure. Deliver. Optimise. Decarbonise. We call this project consulting.

We provide expert strategic, commercial and operations advice;…