Apprentice Cost Manager 2025

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

1/2/2025

Are you an enthusiastic and driven school leaver, looking to start a career in the construction industry as an Apprentice Quantity Surveyor?

If you have an interest in construction and engineering and an ambition to start your career in Quantity Surveying then join us for an apprenticeship at our Manchester office!

This exciting role will give you the opportunity to learn and earn as we support you in developing your knowledge in Quantity Surveying. As an Apprentice Cost Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the Cost Management Team on projects, ensuring they are delivered to the right scope of time, quality and budget; on design preparation, reports, and contract documents; and when liaising with Clients and Contractors. We will support you through your time with us by further helping you develop your business, behavioural and technical skills.

You will attend university on a part-time basis where you will gain a degree in Quantity Surveying and working in our Manchester office for the rest of the week. The course will allow you to develop your skills and knowledge to be successful in the Quantity Surveying industry. Successful completion of this course will enable you to become a RICS accredited Chartered Surveyor.

You can expect to become involved in:

• A major flagship scheme with national presence.
• Projects within the commercial, education, and defence sectors amongst others.
  
  
  

Find out what it is like to start your career with us here: <a href="https://www.pickeverard.co.uk/careers/what-you-can-do-here/early-careers" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early careers - Pick Everard

Our ideal Cost Management apprentice must have:

• An interest in construction/surveying/engineering.
• At least 4 x GCSEs including Math's and English at Grade C/4 or above, Functional Skills or ESFA-approved equivalents
• Experience of working to deadlines
• The ability to work well in a team environment
  
  
  

It would be nice for you to have:

• Motivation to progress onto further qualifications to continuously professionally develop.
• The ability to think methodically and innovative
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
  
  

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better.

We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues.

We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What We Offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

• Agile working
• 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
• Professional subscriptions
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• Stakeholder pension
  
  
  

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.