Graduate Quantity Surveyor

Tetra Tech; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technical consultancy in the UK is seeking a Graduate Quantity Surveyor to join their Cost Consultancy team. This role offers the chance to work on various projects while providing training for attaining Chartered status. Candidates should possess a minimum 2.1 degree in Quantity Surveying and strong communication skills to assist in all aspects of cost and procurement management. The position is based in Milton Keynes or Oxford, with an application closing date of 31st October 2025.

Benefits

Chartership support

Mentoring programs

Bonuses

Qualifications

• 2.1 degree in Quantity Surveying or related fields.
• Strong communication and organizational skills required.
• Motivated and ready to engage in a professional setting.

Responsibilities

• Assist in cost planning and initial estimating.
• Prepare tender and contract documents.
• Support the management of construction projects.

Skills

MS Office skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Self-Motivated

Full, clean UK driving license

Suitability for Security Clearance

Education

Minimum 2.1 degree in Quantity Surveying, BSc or BEng

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for an exciting, interesting career role where you can help make a difference for the future. Tetra Tech is a leading technical, engineering, and environmental consultancy. We provide data-driven, market-leading water, environment, infrastructure, energy, and international development solutions to clients in the UK and Europe.

We deliver locally and we’re backed globally. In the UK and Europe, Tetra Tech has more than 6,000 employees and more than 50 offices. Our unique organisational structure enables us to be nimble and respond with the agility of a small business, backed by international resources and capabilities from across the world.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do! They help our clients succeed, our business prosper and the communities we work in thrive. We need the very best people to maintain our position as a market leader and so provide a collaborative environment that supports individual performance, innovation, and creativity.

In a graduate role you will work on exciting, ground-breaking projects from day one, with support to grow in your chosen discipline as well as training to develop the core skills needed to succeed in a professional organisation. Our early careers programme gives you the chance to connect with others across the region / business who are also starting their career, as well as mentoring, Chartership support & bonuses and more.

Role Title

Graduate Quantity Surveyor
Start Date: September 2026
Location: Milton Keynes or Oxford

Job Description

Tetra Tech has an opportunity for a Graduate to join the Cost Consultancy team to assist in all cost and procurement management processes, with a view to successfully completing the Tetra Tech’s internal APC preparation programme; and self-development training in readiness for attaining Chartered status with The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

Responsibilities

• Cost planning and initial estimating
• Preparing tender and contract documents
• Fund monitoring and due diligence
• Assisting in the management and delivery of construction projects
• Contract Administration as Employer’s Agent
• Working closely with Clients, Architects, Structural Engineers and Project Managers
• Assisting with a range of pre and post contract surveying duties

Qualifications/Skills/Requirements

• Minimum 2.1 degree in Quantity Surveying, BSc or BEng
• MS Office skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-Motivated
• Full, clean UK driving license and ideally access to a vehicle
• Suitability for Security Clearance

Application Details

Application Closing Date: 31st October 2025
Assessment Centre to be held: Early February 2026

We take pride in delivering projects effectively for clients. This often requires colleagues to be together- in offices or on site – to ensure the best outcomes. However, when possible, we also advocate for flexibility around how, when, and where you work. There is no 'one approach fits all' – each team manages their own way of working, we trust our employees and focus on outputs not inputs. Meeting up with colleague and clients face to face in office environments or on site is important for collaboration, face-to-face meetings, appraisals and development.

Making everybody feel welcome at Tetra Tech is important to us – because everybody is welcome! We are working hard to be a business where everyone can be themselves but can celebrate who they are and what they bring to our organisation. If you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition or any other individual need, we'd be happy to talk to you about making reasonable adjustments to our application and selection process that will enable you to be your best.

Tetra Tech is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/shared parental leave, in line with the Equalities Act 2010.

Find out more at: https://www.tetratecheurope.com/careers/early-careers/

Additional Information

• Organization: 784 TCE