Project Apprentice
PORTAKABIN LIMITED
Peterborough (PE4 5ET)
Closes in 26 days (Monday 13 April 2026)
Posted on 17 March 2026
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Summary
We’re excited to offer an exciting opportunity for someone looking to begin their career through a Projects Apprenticeship. We’re looking for a motivated apprentice who will bring energy, creative new ideas and a fresh perspective to help Portakabin continue to innovate, lead and transform the world of modular buildings.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
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- Training course
- Associate project manager (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours. We operate a flexible working approach, allowing start times from 7am - 10am and finish times from 2:30pm - 6:30pm.
36 hours 15 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 14 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
During our apprenticeship you will:
- Support with the management of stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests.
- Communicate with a variety of audiences and developing your ability to negotiate.
- Gain an awareness of project budgets and build an understanding of planned and actual costs.
- Determine, control, and manage changes to the scope of the project, including assumptions, dependencies, and constraints.
- Be involved with monitoring the progress of projects.
- Identify and monitor project risk or opportunity, plan and implement responses to them, contribute to risk registers.
- Understand the resources required to successfully deliver a project, including colleagues, sub-contractors, and how to manage these.
Where you'll work
45 Papyrus Road
Peterborough
PE4 5ET
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HEART OF ENGLAND TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
- Manage and engage with stakeholders.
- Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
- Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
- Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
- Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
- Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
- Monitor and analyse project budgets.
- Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
- Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
- Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
- Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
- Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
- Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
- Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
- Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
- Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
- Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
- Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
- Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
- Work within the approved project budget.
- Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
- Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
- Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
- Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
- Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
- Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
- Manage and engage with stakeholders.
- Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
- Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
- Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
- Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
- Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
- Monitor and analyse project budgets.
- Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
- Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
- Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
- Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
- Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
- Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
- Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
- Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
- Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
- Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
- Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
- Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
- Work within the approved project budget.
- Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
- Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
- Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
- Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
- Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
Training schedule
You will receive support through a structured in‑house development programme alongside virtual classroom‑based workshops delivered by Heart of England Training, enabling you to achieve the APM Project Management Qualification and become eligible for Associate membership of the Association for Project Management (APM).
Our apprenticeship has been designed to support you at every stage of your development, and throughout the programme you will be stretched, challenged and fully supported by a business that is committed to your professional growth.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- 3 x Non Specific (grade 9 - 4 (A* - C))
- English (grade 9 - 4 (A* - C))
- Maths (grade 9 - 4 (A* - C))
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Other requirements
We require: 5 GCSEs or equivalent Grades 9 - 4 (A*-C), including Maths and English (Essential). 2 A-Levels or equivalent Grades A*-C (Essential). A construction-related qualification or experience would be beneficial but not essential.
About this employer
At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes, in various sectors including manufacturing, education, health, transport, utilities and construction. Delivering our products sustainably, and safely to our customers is of utmost importance.
Portakabin now employs more than 2,200 people across the UK and Europe. Our people are at the heart of business and the reason for our success. We offer career progression, support and development opportunities giving our employees space to grow.
Portakabin is a Disability Confident Committed and equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and to the fair and consistent treatment of all current and prospective colleagues.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and value the contribution that diverse experiences bring to our teams.
Reasonable adjustments will be made throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes where required. If you need any additional support or experience any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on resourcing@portakabin.com
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Company benefits
25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Health and Wellbeing Services
Employee Assistance Program
Volunteering Day
Cycle to Work Scheme
Discount at shops, gyms, restaurants and holidays!
After this apprenticeship
We have lots of fantastic success stories from previous apprentices who have gone on to achieve industry recognised qualifications through their apprenticeships and many of our past apprentices are still working within the business today or have gone onto have successful careers elsewhere. Our workplace culture will allow you to pick up not only the knowledge and skills to be used in your future career but also experience working in a professional but relaxed environment that will give you the confidence to excel in your role and develop as a professional.
We truly believe that we put our people at the heart of everything we do, and you will have the job security and development opportunities that are rare in the current climate, so why not join us, and be a part of our continuing growth and success? With exciting future ambitions, we couldn’t think of a better time for you to join us!
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PORTAKABIN LIMITED
Jo Brownsword
apprenticeships@portakabin.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000021435.
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Closes in 26 days (Monday 13 April 2026)
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