Graduate Quantity Surveyor

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: North West

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 Include But Are Not Limited To

• 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 Closing Date: 31st October 2025

Assessment Centre to be held: 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.