Coastal Apprentice - Engineering Technician - Associate Project Manager Apprenticeship

Havant Borough Council

Hampshire (PO9 2AX)

Closes on Friday 7 November 2025

Posted on 1 October 2025

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Summary

Coastal - Engineering Technician - Associate Project Manager Apprenticeship (2 year fixed term contract) This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy multi-disciplinary coastal engineering team, managing coastal flood and erosion risk on the south coast. You’ll develop your skills through an accredited apprenticeship alongside your role.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Fixed Term Contract - FT. Shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 24 November 2025

Duration

1 year 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

  • Project Planning: Assist in creating and updating project plans, schedules, budgets, and timelines
  • Resource Coordination: Help co-ordinate project resources, including people, materials, and equipment
  • Communication: Ensure effective communication between project team members, stakeholders, and our communities
  • Progress Tracking: Monitor project progress and report on the status to stakeholders
  • Administrative Support: Perform administrative tasks such as organising project documents, scheduling meetings, and preparing invoices
  • Leadership: Develop leadership skills by supporting senior project managers and leading smaller project tasks
  • Contract Management: Assist in managing contracts with external suppliers and contractors, ensuring compliance and effective collaboration
  • Commercial Aspects: Understand and contribute to the commercial aspects of coastal projects, including budgeting, cost management, and financial reporting

Where you'll work

Public Service Plaza
Civic Centre Road
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 2AX

Training

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

Training provider

SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY

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

Associate Project Manager Level 4 (Higher national certificate) Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade pass)
  • Maths (grade pass)

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

Other requirements

- A keen interest in coastal management and environmental sustainability, construction management, civil engineering or project delivery. - Appreciation and interest in the natural and built environments. - Strong organisational and communication skills. - Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. - Basic understanding of project management principles is desirable but not essential.

About this employer

This is working for the Coastal Partners. The Coastal Partners provides a Coastal Risk Management Service to five local authorities that reduces the risks to people, the developed and natural environment from flooding and coastal erosion. This area includes three major harbours of significant environmental importance and over 246km of coastline.

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Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • When you complete the course, you’ll have many opportunities in project management, from working as a dedicated project manager to related roles such as programme managers, project planners, PMO managers and staff, or portfolio managers

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344533.

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Closes on Friday 7 November 2025

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