Construction Project Management Degree Apprentice

Summary

Are you ready to gain hands-on experience while earning a salary and studying for a fully funded degree? We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Apprentice Construction Project Manager, where you’ll work alongside industry experts, develop essential skills, and build a rewarding career in construction.

Wage

£21,500 a year

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Training course

Construction site management (degree) (level 6)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 17:30 with half an hour unpaid lunch break.

47 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

3 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Ensure that company Health, Safety & Wellbeing policies and procedures are adhered to and fully implemented during project delivery
Documented Safety Inspections
Write & submit Construction Phase Plans
Ensure that company environmental policies and procedures are adhered to and fully implemented during project delivery
Ensure relevant environmental permits are in place prior to affected activities commencing on site
Support the testing and commissioning of the project and provide quality assurance documents for the project
Co-ordinate with 3rd parties such as Local Authority Highways Teams and attend site meetings to discuss the delivery of scheme
Attend pre-construction and construction progress meetings
Managing and updating the project programme to ensure progress is monitored against outputs. Identifying any opportunities and risks that movement in the programme creates
Schedule & attend lookahead/coordination meetings with Site Managers & document meeting
Capture and issue progress photos
Work with the pre-construction team to review a new site and produce information to assist with the development of project estimates
Work with the Quantity Surveyor in the preparation of monthly forecast based on work done in the month

Where you'll work

Envolve Infrastructure
Unit B
St Brendans Court
Bristol
BS11 9FB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL

Your training course

Construction site management (degree) (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Be able to set and review objectives, identify resources and their limitations and plan activities and work methods to ensure project completion on time.
Be able to identify and manage risks of health, safety and welfare in line with legislation, hazards and safe systems of work.
Be able to identify the standards required by clients and other stakeholders and implement effective procedures for managing, recording and improving quality.
Be able to manage construction activities in a way that contributes to sustainable development and implements best practice.
Be able to manage legal and contractual matters relating to the site and work within commercial and legal constraints to ensure effective project outcomes.
Be able to investigate problems, causes and effects and determine solutions.
Be able to identify, obtain and process information required to manage projects.
Be able to manage risk and plan for its mitigation to minimise its impact.
Be able to manage and appraise team members and specialist contractors, build teams, advise on development and resolve conflicts to ensure effective teamwork.
Be able to identify areas for improvement, and implement innovative solutions.
Be able to effectively manage and supervise specialist contractors and operatives during the construction phase.
Be able to identify and rectify common defects in construction activities.

Your training plan

Construction site management (degree) Level 6 (Degree with honours) Apprenticeship Standard:

Time will be split between university and working within the business across sites in South West England
Once recruited into the business, you will be part of a wider cohort of Degree Apprentices from across the whole Renew Group
As a member of this cohort you will be provided with a set of core skills and competencies which translate across all Group businesses
You will also benefit from being able to network with all of your cohort members, building breadth into your development experience

Requirements

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
Problem solving skills
Team working
Initiative

About this company

We build, maintain, and renew the infrastructures that keep our country running, and have done since 1984. Initially specialising in deep clean and wastewater pipelines, our expertise and collaborative approach organically developed the business into a strategic partner of choice, specialising in: Heavy civil engineering Clean & wastewater treatment Clean water pipelines Wastewater pipelines Renovation Trenchless technology Dam safety Reactive/emergency ‘on call’ services Highways Rail Power

Company benefits

Private Medical Insurance Business Mileage Reimbursed 4 x Death in Service Life Assurance Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

After this apprenticeship

The programme builds on the very latest research evidence and experience of project management in practice
It will enable participants to emerge with a rounded skill set encompassing all of the various facets of the project
lifecycle
This apprenticeship enables current or aspiring project managers to develop their knowledge, skills and behaviours so that they can drive performance and productivity improvements in their organisation

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ENVOLVE INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

Catherine Turnbull

catherine.turnbull@envolve-infrastructure.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316407.

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Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 10 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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