Apprentice Engineering Consultant - Mission and Complex Systems

BMT Limited

Plymouth (PL6 8BX)

Closes on Friday 6 March 2026

Posted on 29 January 2026

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Summary

Apprenticeship will be at its core a project management apprenticeship IAW UKGOV, but will have additional training on top for the first 18 months where they will also conduct a HNC in Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

Wage

£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

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Training course
Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Average of 40% of the week to be conducting further education on training provider establishments (University of Plymouth and City College Plymouth) in the first year. Year two = 30% and in years three and four this value goes down to 20%. Exact shifts TBC

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 7 September 2026

Duration

5 years

Positions available

2

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

Work within the Mission And Complex System Group as a consultant engineer working of major and innovative defense maritime projects.

Where you'll work

Plymouth Science Park
1 Davy Road, Derriford
Plymouth
PL6 8BX

Training

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

Training provider

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH

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.

Training schedule

Training provided by training establishments, on campus, once a week for each course for the duration of the course term.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

  • Maths (grade B)
  • Physics (grade B)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

BMT is dedicated to tackling the most crucial engineering challenges of our era, fostering an environment where individuals with exceptional technical expertise provide meaningful, practical solutions. Committed to creating a safer, more efficient, effective, and sustainable future, BMT values diversity, equity, and inclusion, recognisng their pivotal role in achieving our business purpose. Learn more about BMT at www.bmt.org.

At BMT, we pride ourselves on being a verified flexible workplace, providing freedom and choice. We understand not everyone has the same needs in order to make work work for them and their lives - we'd love you to discuss any requirements for flexibility with us - we can't promise to fulfil every request but we do promise to listen to what matters to you.

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Company benefits

To include,

  • Private Medical (family)
  • Enhanced Pension
  • Wellbeing Fund 
  • 26 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)
  • Holiday Trading
  • Professional Subscriptions

After this apprenticeship

Qualifications obtained on completion:

  • Project Management (Level 6) Degree and HNC Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000011471.

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Closes on Friday 6 March 2026

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