Project Management Apprenticeship

Fire Protection Ltd

East Sussex, London

Closes in 15 days (Friday 20 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 28 May 2025


Summary

Hotchkiss Ltd has been employing apprentices across the business since 1911 with many of our apprentices successfully furthering their careers in to management. Why not come and join our team?

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course
Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday between 8.30am to 5.30pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 28 July 2025

Duration

2 years 6 months

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

  • Attend regular meetings with clients and the project team
  • Monitor the progress of the contract
  • Liaise with CAD team, quantity surveyors and clients

Where you'll work

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

  • Hampden Park Industrial Estate, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 9AX
  • 99 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3XD

Training

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

College or training organisation

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Apply engineering principles, using relevant scientific, theoretical and technical know-how to solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review the results, when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems.
  • Employ a range of advanced mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods to interpret and solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Interpret and compare performance information to choose compliant materials, components or parts.
  • Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Produce and interpret building services engineering technical drawings, designs, and models, using analytical and computer-based software packages, recognising the limitations of the software used.
  • Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, procedures, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
  • Comply with, and encourage others to demonstrate, statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation.
  • Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks.
  • Apply principles of sustainable development, and assess the impact of these in their work.
  • Employ project management techniques, measuring and recording progress against building services engineering project plans.
  • Assess and report on quality using appropriate management and assurance systems and continuous improvement processes.
  • Identify and use resources, equipment and technology to meet project requirements, including specifications, budget and timescales.
  • Monitor and manage individual performance, and supervise others, recognising the need to comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI) requirements.
  • Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, using appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
  • Apply ethical principles to building services engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information.
  • Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance.
  • Apply engineering principles, using relevant scientific, theoretical and technical know-how to solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Apply building services engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review the results, when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating building services engineering systems.
  • Employ a range of advanced mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods to interpret and solve well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Interpret and compare performance information to choose compliant materials, components or parts.
  • Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address well-defined building services engineering problems.
  • Produce and interpret building services engineering technical drawings, designs, and models, using analytical and computer-based software packages, recognising the limitations of the software used.
  • Produce building services engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, procedures, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation.
  • Comply with, and encourage others to demonstrate, statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation.
  • Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks.
  • Apply principles of sustainable development, and assess the impact of these in their work.
  • Employ project management techniques, measuring and recording progress against building services engineering project plans.
  • Assess and report on quality using appropriate management and assurance systems and continuous improvement processes.
  • Identify and use resources, equipment and technology to meet project requirements, including specifications, budget and timescales.
  • Monitor and manage individual performance, and supervise others, recognising the need to comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI) requirements.
  • Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, using appropriate engineering terminology and conventions.
  • Apply ethical principles to building services engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information.
  • Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance.

Your training plan

You will be studying towards a Building Services Level 4 HNC qualification on day release at London South Bank University, based in London.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 9 - 4)
  • Maths (grade 9 - 4)
  • Science (grade 9 - 4)

Desirable qualifications

T Level in:

  • Design, Surveying and Planning for Construction (grade Pass)
  • Engineering (grade Pass)

BTEC in:

Engineering (grade Pass)

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
  • Presentation skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working

Other requirements

As the apprenticeship progresses a large proportion of time will be spent on our project sites based in London

About this company

Fire Protection Ltd was established in 1994 with the ambition of becoming the safest, most trusted passive fire protection specialist. This is a goal we continue to strive for to keep pushing the boundaries of service and innovation when it comes to fire safety. Our fully trained and experienced team deliver low carbon footprint fire resisting systems, which are all Third Party Accredited from manufacture to installation and certification.

http://www.fireprotection.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Life Insurance. Health & Wellbeing Programme. Discounted Gym Membership.

After this apprenticeship

Typically our project management teams follow the career path leading to Project Manager.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Fire Protection Ltd

Lisa Lindsay

lisalindsay@grob-group.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000323001.

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