Quantity Surveying Apprentice (Construction)

Location: Middlesbrough, United Kingdom; onsite work supporting the Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility

Company

hirify.global develops waste-to-X infrastructure that transforms waste into energy, heat, hydrogen, fertilizer, and other valuable outputs.

What you will do

• Maintain commercial records, registers, package files, correspondence, subcontract documentation, meeting records, and commercial action trackers.
• Support cost tracking, budget and forecast updates, cost reports, dashboards, and analysis of commitments, allowances, cost movements, and potential exposure.
• Assist with measurement, remeasurement, valuation of completed works and changes, and comparison of subcontractor submissions against drawings, records, site progress, and package requirements.
• Support subcontractor commercial administration, payment application reviews, package meetings, commercial queries, claims, and outstanding actions.
• Assist with contract administration, notices, instructions, change records, contractual correspondence, evidence gathering, and dispute avoidance.
• Support procurement, tender comparisons, commercial reporting, risk and opportunity updates, insurance or claims information, and project governance activities.

Requirements

• Minimum age: 18.
• Strong interest in construction, commercial management, cost control, or quantity surveying.
• Good numeracy and willingness to develop commercial analysis capability.
• Good written and verbal communication skills; English and Maths requirements will be confirmed with the apprenticeship provider, with Functional Skills support potentially available.
• Basic IT literacy and willingness to develop competence with spreadsheets, commercial trackers, and project systems.
• Positive attitude, reliability, discretion, and willingness to learn.

Nice to have

• Interest in contracts, procurement, negotiation, construction technology, or project delivery.
• Previous work experience, volunteering, part-time work, or transferable practical experience.
• Confidence working with numbers, documents, and structured records.
• Attention to detail and willingness to handle commercially sensitive information carefully.
• Driving licence or willingness to work towards one.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time apprenticeship working alongside Commercial, Quantity Surveying, Contract Management, Procurement, Site Management, and Engineering personnel.
• Progressive development of the knowledge, skills, and behaviours required for construction commercial work.
• Practical exposure to major infrastructure project cost control, contract compliance, subcontractor management, procurement, claims, risk, and opportunity.

Hiring process

• Applications from HR agencies are not accepted.