Summary
Do you want to be part of building a greener, healthier, and stronger North West? Come and join us! With a range of award-winning roles on offer, you’re sure to find your perfect career here at United Utilities. We’ll provide you with industry-leading skills and the experience you need to succeed in your chosen field.
Wage
£19,000 a year
Annual increase
Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, working hours TBC
37 hours a week
Possible start date
Wednesday 3 September
Duration
2 years
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
As an Apprentice Assistant Project Coordinator, you’ll learn:
* Construction techniques employed in building new assets, and why some are favoured over others
* About different types of contracts, where they are employed and how to administer them commercially
* People skills, for managing conflict, negotiation and health and safety behaviours
* About the water and wastewater network and process, and the requirement to build new assets
* About health, safety, welfare and environmental management, the law, the requirements and how to review if these are being met
* How to review things against a standards or guidelines to ensure that the quality required is met
* How important customer and stakeholder management are to successful construction management
You'll work closely with our Project teams in the Construction Delivery. The team is involved with a variety of different construction project including improvements to existing Water and Wastewater works, laying new pipe through fields and towns, building shafts and tunnels and installing new security measures. This type of work can be disruptive to our customers and stakeholder so during the apprenticeship you will learn how to be the expert on all things customer within the project team. You will work closely with the Project Manager, Project Engineering Manager and many others in the project team to ensure customers are communicated to and the impact of our work is kept to a minimum.
Where you’ll work
Bluebell House
Brian Johnson Way
Preston
PR2 5PE
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
Your training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
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.
Your training plan
Your apprenticeship will last 24 months, and successful apprentices will achieve an Associate Project Manager, Level 4 Standard, endorsed by the Institute for Apprenticeships.
More training information
During your apprenticeship, you may need to travel to your place of study. If you’re from outside the area, accommodation will be provided by United Utilities during this period (excluding weekends). Please consider travel requirements and staying away from home if applicable.
*As long as you meet all necessary standards and behaviour criteria throughout the programme.
We need fantastic people to help us deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community, supporting our employees to achieve their full potential, and ensuring everyone feels valued and included, regardless of circumstances and social background.
Important Notes:
If you are offered a job with us, a number of pre-employment checks will need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory report from the Disclosure Scotland/the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please only apply for one apprenticeship; as part of the assessment process, you will be asked to detail why you have applied for the apprenticeship vacancy.
Please note that we are unable to offer Visa sponsorship for this role.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
* Must include Maths, English and Science or Tech (grade 5 GCSEs, grades A*-C or 9-4)
BTEC or equivalent in:
* apprenticeship or BTEC etc with 48 UCAS points (grade Level 3 qualification)
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
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Number skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
* Non judgemental
* Patience
Other requirements
You will need a full UK driving licence for this role, as you will be required to be mobile across a range of sites. We will carry out a driving licence check at that time alongside the other pre-employment checks before your appointment can be confirmed.