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Anglian Water Services • United Kingdom

Quantity Surveying Degree Apprentice

Employment type:  Full time
Salary:  £24,257 per annum

Job Description

Apprenticeship Type: Quantity Surveyor Degree Apprenticeship

Start Salary: £24,257

Location: Peterborough

Start Date: 8th September 2025

Earn, Learn and Build Your Future on our Quantity Surveying Degree Apprenticeship!

At Anglian Water we don’t just deliver water; we deliver a promise – a promise to safeguard our most precious resource for generations to come. As guardians of water, sustainability isn’t just a buzzword for us; it’s our guiding principle. We believe in the power of community. Through outreach programs and partnerships, we empower local initiatives, ensuring everyone has access to clean, safe water. Because together, we can create a ripple effect of positive change.

Come and join us as a Quantity Surveying Apprentice where you can help Anglian Water deliver better outcomes for the future. You’ll gain valuable work experience, achieve a fantastic qualification, all whilst getting paid for it!

A Quantity Surveying Apprenticeship at Anglian Water

As a Quantity Surveying Apprentice, you’ll play a crucial role in managing construction costs and contracts, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget. You’ll gain exposure to various elements of the commercial end to end process, consisting of collecting cost data from actual delivered projects, estimating the cost of planned investments, Target Cost Setting, Contract Management, Commercial Assurance & Commercial Reporting and Compliance, as well as gaining hands on experience across various teams and projects from governance and contract management to commercial assurance and reporting.

What’s more, you'll be enrolled in a 5-year BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying degree course, giving you the academic knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in this rewarding profession.

Why join Anglian Water?

  • Earn a BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying– completely debt free!

  • Future Employment - Potential for a full-time role at the end of your apprenticeship (subject to performance and behaviour)

  • Generous Holiday Allowance - 25 days of annual leave, rising with service, and the option to buy or sell additional leave to suit your lifestyle

  • Outstanding Pension Scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions, up to a 12% employer contribution

  • Private Health Care – Access to personal private medical insurance

  • Fully expensed PPE – tailored just for you

  • Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle, and an extensive range of retail discounts

To be successful as an Apprentice with us you will require:

  • Evidence of at least 112 UCAS Tariff points at Level 3 e.g. A Levels, BTEC National Diploma (or equivalent)

  • 5 GCSEs including Maths & English Grade A* - C or 9 – 4 (we can also accept function skills qualifications & O levels)

  • A strong commitment and willingness to learn

  • Passion for problem solving

  • Enthusiastic nature

Closing Date: Sunday 8th June 2025

Next Steps: Once we have reviewed your eligibility for the role you will be invited to submit a short video introducing yourself and explaining why you have applied for this role. If shortlisted, you will then be invited to an online interview on Friday 27th June 2025. If successful, you will be invited to the final stage of the process which will be a face-to-face interview on Monday 7th July 2025 in Peterborough.

Inclusion at Anglian Water

Inclusion is for everyone, and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Company benefits

25-30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Bank holiday swaps
Bike parking – Secure bike parks at main offices
Buy or sell annual leave – 5 days (pro rata'd if part time)
Cinema discounts
Company car
Compassionate leave
Critical Illness Insurance – Personal Accident cover - providing a lump sum in the case of an accident leading to injury, death or disablement at any time, whether you are on company business or not
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – 2 schemes available
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay
Enhanced pension match/contribution – Double the contribution you make up to 6% - you pay in 6%, we pay in 12%
Enhanced sick pay
Eye Care Support – Free eye tests for visual display unit (VDU) users, along with free/discounts on glasses
Faith rooms
Family health insurance – Discounted family health insurance. Available to select annually.
Fertility treatment leave
Further education support
Gym membership – Discounted gym membership
Hackathons
Health assessment
Health insurance – Private Healthcare scheme including cover for pre-existing conditions
In house training
Income protection – Should you be unwell and unable to work for a period of time, the Income Replacement scheme may provide you with income for two years combined with sickness absence
Interest free loans
Learning platform
Life insurance – 8 times your basic annual salary
Loyalty programme – Awards for long service, along with increase in annual leave allowance
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Mental health platform access
Mentoring
Neo-natal leave
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Paid fostering leave – 5 days paid
Pregnancy loss leave
Private GP service – 24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments for you and your household
Professional subscriptions
Religious celebration leave
Sabbaticals
Salary sacrifice
Shared parental leave – 26 weeks full pay
Teambuilding days
Theme park discounts
Time off in-lieu
Volunteer days
Work from anywhere scheme – Available to those employees whose work can be done fully remotely
Reservist leave

Working at Anglian Water Services

Company employees:

6500

Gender diversity (m:f:n-b):

66:33:1

Hiring in countries

United Kingdom

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