Graduate Quantity Surveyor

Location: North East

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About our Graduate Programme

Our two-year graduate programme is designed to help you grow, learn, and thrive. You’ll gain hands‑on experience, take part in tailored development activities, and be supported by experienced mentors and colleagues. From an induction week to masterclasses, development days, and bespoke training, we’ll help you reach your full potential. We want you to love what you do, learn quickly, broaden your horizons, and make a difference from day one.

We’re

looking for a Graduate Quantity Surveyor to join our Northumbrian Water Framework.

Location:

Durham

- This role offers hybrid working, combining office and site attendance with home-based working.

Contract Type:
Full time permanent

Salary:
Our graduate starting salary is £29,355.00

As a Graduate Quantity Surveyor, you’ll work alongside experienced colleagues on essential water and infrastructure projects, gaining experience from early planning right through to completion.

You’ll learn about project costs, contracts, procurement, payments and commercial risk, applying what you learn to real projects.

Don’t worry if some of that sounds new to you. We’ll support you to learn, build your confidence and take on more responsibility as you grow.

This role is a September 2027 start.

What you’ll be doing :

• Experience the commercial side of projects from early planning right through to completion.
• Learn how project costs, budgets and forecasts are managed.
• Build your understanding of contracts, procurement, payments, risks and changes. Work with different teams across the business and see how their work connects.
• Develop your skills in reviewing commercial information and keeping accurate project records.
• Work with suppliers and subcontractors and learn how strong commercial relationships are built.
• Get involved in project meetings and site visits to see delivery in action.
• Take on more responsibility as you develop, ask questions and bring your own ideas to the team.

About you:

We’re looking for someone who is curious, enjoys working with others, communicates well and is excited to learn and take on new challenges. If you’re organised, open to feedback and interested in understanding how projects work, we’ll help you build the knowledge and experience you need.

Your degree can be in any subject, if you’ve completed it, or expect to by summer 2027. A degree related to quantity surveying, commercial management, construction management, business or finance could be helpful, but it isn’t essential. We’re interested in you, your potential, transferable skills and what you can bring to Avove, not just what you studied. You’ll also need to be happy travelling to project sites and client locations when needed.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa process. Applicants must therefore have, and maintain, an alternative right to work for the duration of employment.

What’s in it for you?

• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Private GP Helpline & Health Cash Plan
• Avove Discount Scheme
• Family friendly policies
• A selection of lifestyle benefit options
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
• We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising.

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