Ventilation Project Engineer Apprenticeship

IDEAL VENTILATION LTD

BISHOP'S STORTFORD (CM22 7JZ)

Closes on Monday 30 March 2026

Posted on 16 February 2026

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Summary

This is an ideal opportunity to gain qualifications and work experience to commence your career as a Project Engineer and become a valuable member of our company.

Wage

£20,000 a year

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Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Some evening and weekend working may be required to suit the needs of individual projects.

35 hours a week

Start date

Friday 1 May 2026

Duration

3 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

  • Assisting engineers with surveying and measuring on site
  • Producing working drawings using Autocad Software and printing to a large scale plotter
  • Assisting with material take-offs and pricing for estimating purposes, both manually and using estimating software
  • Carrying out general office duties including writing emails, using Microsoft Office programmes, filing and raising Purchase Orders

Where you'll work

UNIT 7
HATFIELD REGIS GRANGE ESTATE
HATFIELD BROAD OAK
BISHOP'S STORTFORD
CM22 7JZ

Training

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

Training provider

RHG CONSULT LTD

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

  • The College training will take place in our office, via live web tutorials, e-learning, project work, webinars, skype and learning sets among others
  • This part of your training consists of an 18 month course, followed by a 5 month End Point Assesment

More training information

  • Whilst undertaking the Associate Project Manager training you will also be trained in the engineering skills required, by our own Project Managers
  • This training will be carried out in our offices and on site for hands-on experience

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

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

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

Due to the rural location of our office, and the requirement to eventually visit sites, the ability to drive and have use of own vehicle is essential.

About this employer

We are a highly professional Mechanical Services company who specialises in Ventilation Ductwork. Most of our work is located around London and the South-East of England, although, occasionally we carry out projects further afield. We have a family-like office working environment and would like to offer the opportunity for the right person to join our team.

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After this apprenticeship

  • You will gain all the experience and skills necessary to become a qualified Ventilation Project Engineer with the opportunity to progress to the role Project Manager in the future

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RHG CONSULT LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000015914.

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Closes on Monday 30 March 2026