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H B TUNNELLING LTD - Construction Quantity Surveying Apprenticeship

Salary: £20,000 a year
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
Hours: 40
Closing Date: Thu 20 Nov 2025 - 11:59 pm UTC
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H B TUNNELLING LTD - Construction Quantity Surveying Apprenticeship

Summary

You’ll gain hands-on experience supporting live tunnelling and trenchless projects while studying for your Quantity Surveying Technician qualification. This is an excellent opportunity to build a career in construction estimating and cost management with a respected specialist contractor.

Annual wage: £20,000 a year
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Training course: Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)

Hours
Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 17:00 with 2 x 30 minute breaks
40.0 hours a week

Possible start date: Sunday 04 January 2026

Duration: 3 Years

Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

General duties including:  

  • Assisting estimators and project managers with preparing budgets and cost plans for trenchless and tunnelling works
  • Gathering supplier and subcontractor quotations and building tender comparisons
  • Measuring drawings and quantities to support bid submissions
  • Maintaining databases of material, plant, and labour costs
  • Assisting in financial tracking and reporting on live projects
  • Helping to prepare client quotations, progress valuations, and cost summaries
  • Learning about commercial risk, procurement, and cost control in specialist civil engineering

Where you’ll work

UNIT 1
HIGH PREMIER IND ESTATE
BELTON ROAD
SANDTOFT
DN8 5SX

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

DN COLLEGES GROUP

Your training course

Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)

Your training plan

  • Training will be at Doncaster College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer
  • Day release
  • You will undertake the Construction Quantity Surveying Technician Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard
  • You will undertake Functional Skills for English and/or maths if needed

https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/construction-quantity-surveying-technician-v1-1  

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Maths/English (grade 4/C)
  • Excel, Word, Outlook (grade High competency)
  • Full or provisional UK driving licence (grade Full or provisional UK driving)

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

  • construction, engineering, or estimating (grade Prior work-experience/interest)
  • technical or business subject (grade Level 2)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

Must Be 18+ You must be able to travel to and from work and college. Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week). The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

About this company

HB Tunnelling Limited is a specialist civil engineering contractor delivering trenchless and tunnelling solutions across the UK. We work on major infrastructure projects for leading utilities and construction clients, using innovative techniques such as microtunnelling, auger boring, pipe jacking, and shaft construction. Our teams are passionate about safety, quality, and developing the next generation of tunnelling professionals through hands-on training and career progression.

https://www.hbtunnelling.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • On completion, you could progress into a Junior Estimator, Assistant Quantity Surveyor, or Commercial Coordinator role within HB Tunnelling
  • With further experience and higher-level study, there is potential to advance toward more senior positions in the tunnelling and civil-engineering sector
  • The company supports continued professional development and accreditation through the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) or RICS

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

H B TUNNELLING LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348317.

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Closes on Thursday 20 November 2025

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