Are you ready to live your future? 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.

Life as a United Utilities Apprentice

Our apprentices are well looked after, with a generous salary, 26 days of leave (excluding bank holidays), a £500 contribution towards learning to drive, and many more benefits.

You’ll have a dedicated mentor and manager to support you every step of the way. All we ask is that you’re willing to learn, work well as part of a team, and manage your time and workload effectively.

Start living your future, today!

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 contract, 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.

A bit more about the role
Your apprenticeship will last 24 months, and successful apprentices will achieve an Associate Project Manager, Level: 4 standard, endorsed by the Institute for Apprenticeships.

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.

What we’re looking for:
We’re looking for someone keen to gain hands-on experience, develop practical skills, and achieve the standards needed to succeed in this role.

You’ll need to have:

5 GCSEs or equivalent, grades A-C or grades 9-4, which must include Maths, English and a Science or Technology subject. Plus a Level 3 qualification (A-levels , apprenticeship or BTEC etc with 48 UCAS points). Along with a full driving licence.

Why choose us to kickstart your career?

• Secure your future - Every apprentice is guaranteed a permanent position at the end of their scheme*
• A springboard to your career - You’ll receive structured training, a dedicated mentor, and high-quality learning to help shape your career
• Inspire the next generation - You’ll have the chance to represent United Utilities at key events across the region, engaging with young people to bring careers in the water industry to life
• Reward and benefits - There are lots of perks, including a starting salary of £19,000, which will increase each year based on performance
• Be part of the UU family - You’ll have the chance to network, bond, and learn from your colleagues and fellow apprentices

Additional 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 gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation, or 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.

We may need to close the role down early if we receive a high volume of applications so would encourage people to apply at their earliest opportunity.