Project Management Degree Apprentice

NCC OPERATIONS LIMITED

Bristol (BS16 7FS)

Closes in 18 days (Monday 4 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 17 July 2025

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Summary

Are you looking for a career in Project Management? NCC is looking for a Project Management Degree Apprentice to begin in September 2025. Develop real-world experience alongside academic learning; it’s the perfect way to start your Project Management career.

Wage

£21,500 a year

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Training course
Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

4 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

  • Assist in managing projects from initiation to completion.
  • Help maintain accurate project plans and schedules.
  • Support the creation of regular project updates and reports.
  • Follow project management processes, including risk tracking, change control, and documentation.
  • Take part in weekly/monthly project review meetings.
  • Help track team time against project work.
  • Promote quality and health & safety standards in all project activities.
  • Support resource planning by helping to ensure teams are properly scheduled.

Where you'll work

Unit 1
Feynman Way Central, Emersons Green
Bristol
BS16 7FS

Training

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

College or training organisation

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Your training course

Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Governance Frameworks: Lead and take responsibility for the project management plan as required by the governance structure. Apply techniques and project management methodologies as appropriate, dependent upon project complexity and criticality to the organisational environment in which a project is being delivered. Maintain, review and communicate a project business case for approval through the stages of a typical project lifecycle ensuring continued value for money and continued alignment with organisational objectives.
  • The Business Environment: Identify and analyse the context, opportunities and challenges presented by projects in a range of organisational settings, appreciating the differences within both large and small organisations and in different industry sectors and the consequent need for tailoring. Identify the operating constraints that apply to projects including ethical, legal and regulatory considerations. This may include the green economy and the impacts of strategies for achieving net carbon zero by 2050.
  • Stakeholder and communications management: Lead and take responsibility for the identification and analysis of internal and external stakeholders and their impact on the project. Manage an effective project communication plan across stakeholders with different cultural and physical barriers. Analyse information and communicate with stakeholders incorporating elements of feedback to understand and measure the effectiveness of planned communications. Effectively listen and influence others through negotiation and persuasion.
  • Control of projects in terms of time, cost and quality: Manage the project within the constraints of time, cost and quality. Control expenditure and produce status reports as required, including control of costs against budgets, forecasting, and establishing performance indicators as required by funding sources. Measure progress and actual costs against plans to determine a full understanding of project performance. Identify, achieve and maintain quality standards appropriate to the context and specific requirements of project activities.
  • Risk Management: Ensure that project risks, opportunities and issues are addressed using quantitative and qualitative methods to categorise risks and their impacts. Identify, evaluate and implement appropriate mitigation strategies, ensuring that mitigation actions are incorporated into the project plan and are implemented should they develop into issues. Manage risk through the regular review of a risk management plan, adopting appropriate strategies to manage both threats and opportunities.
  • Commercial and Contract management: Maintain and evaluate different commercial contract and procurement types to select appropriate options for specific programmes and projects. Support effective contract management and the achievement of programme and project outcomes.
  • Project Change Control: Dependent upon the size and complexity of a project, define and apply a recognised process to manage change in projects. Make effective decisions in the interests of a range of stakeholders with regards to change requests. Handle change within different project management methodologies.
  • Schedule Management: Evaluate requirements and methods for data capture and analysis in a project environment. Evaluate project schedule integrity including identification and resolution of scheduling problems. Apply resource acquisition and management techniques to balance programme and project needs against resource demand. Negotiate the allocation and scheduling of internal and external resources to meet programme and project demands.

Your training plan

  • You will be pursuing a Level 6 Apprenticeship Standard in Project Management, through Weston College.
  • As part of this program, you will attend Weston College as instructed, for workshops plus online delivery.
  • An assessor will conduct on-site observations to evaluate your progress, as well as supporting you in college throughout your apprenticeship.
  • At the conclusion of your programme, your qualification will be assessed through an Apprenticeship Assessment.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C+)
  • Maths (grade 4/C+)

A Level in:

Or equivalent level 3 qualification (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
  • Attention to detail
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

About this company

NCC helps businesses of all sizes bridge the gap between cutting-edge innovation and industrial application, turning ideas into impact across the entire product life cycle. As a not-for-profit, we act as an extension of our customers’ capabilities, providing access to world-class expertise, advanced facilities and collaborative opportunities.

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Company benefits

- Hybrid and flexible working patterns - Annual salary reviews - 5 weeks annual leave + bank holidays - A focus on wellbeing, EDI, learning and development this is a chance to build your career in a thriving R&D facility with a bright future

After this apprenticeship

Working with NCC whilst studying will put you in a great position to seek a permanent role after you have successfully completed and passed the apprenticeship. Obtaining a Degree and the APM PMQ qualification will support your career advancement going forward too.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NCC OPERATIONS LIMITED

Suzi Fox

suzi.fox@nccuk.com

01934411594

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000331850.

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Closes in 18 days (Monday 4 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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