Intern Quantity Surveyor

Job Description

Shape a sustainable tomorrow.

Do you want to join a team that asks questions and dares to see things differently?

We are AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. When you join us, you'll help create world-class sustainable solutions that connect people, data, and technology. We're transforming infrastructure and energy systems, growing partnerships with our clients, and bringing the most complex projects across the globe to life. Join us and engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Our global team of 36,000+ employees speak over 70 languages and represents 130 nationalities across six continents. Our work covers a variety of sectors, including transportation, infrastructure, environment, water, energy, defence, technology and aerospace.

On our Intern programme, you take the driver's seat in your career. Grow personally and professionally, guided by inspiring managers. Say yes to opportunities that spark your interest, knowing you'll have training and the support you need to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and feeling like you belong. Find out more about our global programme Different makes a difference.

Where could you work:

As an intern quantity surveyor, you’ll enjoy variety, working on large and small projects with the opportunity to explore different career pathways with exposure to a wide variety of schemes, in all sectors for both public and private clients. This includes new university campuses, commercial office developments, refurbishment of listed buildings and museums, large residential scheme, the list is endless.

You will learn to guide design teams, ensuring projects are designed within our clients’ budget and you will work with contractors, managing construction costs for our clients. This could be by working at one of our local offices, from the client’s office or out on site.

You will be developing your communication and problem-solving skills as well as honing your mathematical ability and business acumen.  You will be given the opportunity to grow, with a wide variety of projects to work on with an experienced, high performing qualified team, to learn from.

Your purpose:

• Assist in preparing initial cost estimates and budgets for engineering and construction projects, ensuring alignment with client expectations and project scope.
• Support in measuring quantities from drawings and specifications to prepare bills of quantities and other cost-related documentation.
• Assist in managing contracts, including tracking variations, preparing interim valuations, and supporting claims and final accounts.
• Monitor project costs against budgets, identify variances, and contribute to regular financial reporting and forecasting.
• Conduct site visits to assess progress, verify completed work, and support valuation processes.
• Liaise with engineers, contractors, and clients to ensure clear communication of cost-related matters and project updates.
• Ensure adherence to relevant regulations, standards, and company procedures, while identifying and mitigating cost-related risks.

What you can bring:

• On track to achieve a Minimum Level 8 degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Commercial Management, or an equivalent qualification.
• A passion for working in a consultancy environment.
• Championing a culture where everyone belongs.
• A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions.
• Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team.
• Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable).
• Comfortably embrace agile ways of working and learning new technologies.
• Commitment to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on client site (project dependent). Being together in person helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more effectively, and accelerate your learning and development.

Training and development:

Our intern programme is designed to give you an insight into many areas of work, and the chance to explore where your own skills and interests lie.

From day one, you'll work on real projects that offer scale and variety, collaborating with colleagues and creating meaningful impact on the world around us.

We're proud to have been an Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited employer since 2021. This means you'll be supported by a true learning and development organization dedicated to your future.

Our deadline for applications is Sunday, 4th January 2026.  However, as our intern development programmes are incredibly popular, we recommend that you apply early as some roles may close sooner.

About Us:

At AtkinsRéalis we put Environment, Sustainability and Health & Safety at the heart of our business strategy. We possess a significant breadth of knowledge and depth of skills and experience for the ultimate benefit of our clients. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of our ideas. Together with our clients, we’re always striving to find better ways to get things done. We are a certified CPD Accredited employer with Engineers Ireland and we were named Engineers Ireland CPD Employer of the year in 2021.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and ability.

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.