2025 Professional Apprenticeship (Scotland) - Quantity Surveying

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2025 Professional Apprenticeship (Scotland) - Quantity Surveying

Sector: Construction and Building Services
Role: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

2025 Professional Apprenticeship - Quantity Surveying Trainee Monklands
Professional Apprenticeship - Trainee Quantity Surveyor
We're looking for bright and motivated school leavers who will bring energy, new ideas and a fresh perspective to help us become the recognised leader and transform the construction and engineering industry.

Role Overview

Assist with the commercial function within a project or office, with the provision of a commercial, contractual, and financial management service. Whilst under supervision, ensure project profit objectives and targets are met and cash and margin are managed to maximise performance, all in a manner consistent with the Group processes.

Key Deliverables and Accountabilities

• Assist with the commercial function within project or office
• Implementation of company commercial practices
• Understand the basic commercial principles of the function
• Assist with the management and reporting of monthly costs
• Assist with the preparation and management of simple subcontracts
• Preparation and filing of records
• Assist with preparation of interim applications and final accounts from first principles
• Assist with valuing and pricing variations
• Communicating clearly and confidently to a professional standard
• Keep your manager fully advised of any issue/risk which has arisen or might arise, and which could affect the business/project

Technical Capabilities

Foundation

• Front End skills
• Cash Management and optimisation
• Risk Management
• Project financial control, reporting and data management
• Change management
• Construction technology and environmental services
• Contract procedures
• Quantification and costing of construction works
• Negotiation and dispute resolution

Related Capabilities

• Project Management - HSE - DfMA - Digital Engineering - Client & Stakeholder Management - People Management

Location

Opportunities in Lanarkshire

Apprenticeship details

BSc (Hons) Graduate Apprenticeship Construction and Built Environment (Quantity Surveying) | Glasgow Caledonian University | Scotland, UK

Apprenticeship Provider

Laing O'Rourke collaborates with trusted and approved training providers for our apprenticeship delivery. Successful candidates will be required to make an application to our preferred provider for the apprenticeship route you have chosen.

Entry Grades

• UCAS Tariff: 96
• Scottish Higher: BBCC or equivalent
• Foundation Apprenticeships accepted in combination with SQA Highers for entry to our degree programmes.

Entry requirements

• You must be eligible to work in the UK with a valid work permit

The Laing O'Rourke Professional Apprenticeship Programme - what can you expect?

Our professional apprenticeship programme has been developed to ensure you are supported throughout every step of your journey, combining work-based experience with off-the-job training. You will be stretched, challenged, and supported by a business that views your professional development and formal qualification as a priority.

Our programme will provide a fully funded Graduate apprenticeship in your chosen vocation, while working as a full-time Laing O'Rourke employee. It will also include a series of bespoke development modules, and technical training opportunities, strategically placed to support you at key stages of your apprenticeship journey.

Company

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia. Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it.

Laing O'Rourke is committed to inclusion; an employer that maintains the highest standard of employment practice and one which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live and work.

Diversity & Inclusion

Laing O'Rourke believes that when we go to work, we should feel we are going to a place where we are accepted, understood and valued.

Support for Disabled Employees

• LOR recruitment, HR Teams, Leadership and management have undertaken disability awareness training and are eager to provide an inclusive and accessibility experience to job applicants and new colleagues.
• LOR Dis-ABILITY Subcommittee is an Employee Network Group of colleagues passionate about disability inclusion.

Sustainability

In April 2021 Laing O’Rourke announced new global sustainability targets including to be a net zero company by 2050.

Rewards and Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension – basic and enhanced schemes
• Health and Wellbeing
• Virtual GP
• Health Assessment (Age 50+)
• Phased return to work (80% of working week for 100% pay)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 5 days leave extra can be purchased
• Employee Discounts
• Allowances – car or transport allowance, depending on role/grade