Apprentice Site Manager

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Company Description

United Infrastructure is a dynamic, rapidly expanding business, delivering critical infrastructure to communities across the UK.

We pride ourselves on delivering innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face in five key sectors: water, energy, power, telecoms and property services, under two main business areas - Utility Infrastructure and Social Infrastructure. We employ over 2200 people and work with a broad range of public and private sector clients.

We are dedicated to creating a connected, sustainable future, and our work plays an important role in achieving the UK's net zero ambitions. We deliver infrastructure that supports the energy transition as well as improving the energy efficiency of thousands of homes and addressing industry skills gaps by providing formal qualifications and training in the net zero space.

We are a fast-paced, diverse, and hugely ambitious business. We welcome challengers, innovators and people who embrace change and want to establish themselves in a creative environment that champions freedom of expression and supports them in their personal and professional development - because together, we achieve more.

Job Description

We are looking for an apprentice to join our Water Infrastructure team who design, build and maintain critical water and wastewater assets on behalf of the UK's water companies.

United in the way we think - united in the way we work. Join us at United Infrastructure and work in partnership with our clients to deliver critical infrastructure across the UK.

As an Apprentice with United Infrastructure, you'll be given a real job from day one where you will gain hands-on industry experience, and the knowledge required to achieve a nationally recognised qualification.
You'll get a generous holiday allowance, Christmas shutdown, and a tailored benefits portal that allows you to choose the right benefits for you.

Day to day you will join our Site Managementteam, who manage and control the activities on our construction sites to ensure projects are completed successfully on time in a safe manner, without waste, achieving excellent quality standards for our customers. Some of your key responsibilities will be:

• Ensuring all operational activity from start to finish adheres to all Company policies, procedures and practices.
• Ensuring that the quality and programme standards expected by the client are delivered as directed by the Site Manager.
• Working collaboratively with external and internal departments to ensure smooth running of the site and tasks are undertaken in line with the programme requirements.
• Reviewing and monitoring progress against programme addressing any shortcomings and issues as they arise in conjunction with the Site or Project Manager.
• Shadowing the Site Manager to learn and understand the site management responsibilities and how they are fulfilled.
• Working closely with the commercial team to understand and be aware of the financial position of the contract and raising any issues or concerns as appropriate.
• In conjunction with the commercial team and Site Manager, ensure that records pertaining to requests for information, verbal instructions, delay and disruption are rigorously maintained to ensure the Company's liabilities are protected.
• Assisting in the development of a Considerate Constructor's strategy and ensuring full implementation.
• Developing an understanding and gaining full working knowledge of the relevant contract terms and conditions and the associated obligations.

As part of your apprenticeship programme you will be enrolled on the Level 4 Construction Site Supervisor Apprenticeship with one of our training partners. Upon successful completion of your apprenticeship you will be awarded a Level 4 Construction Site Supervisor Apprenticeship, a Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) in Construction Site Management, and will automatically qualify for TechCIOB-L4 professional accreditation. You will then have the option to progress to the Level 6 Construction Site Management Degree Apprenticeship programme.

You will be fully supported through a variety of methods such as lectures, learning materials, and one-to-one support from your tutor or coach. They will also meet regularly with you and your line manager to ensure you are progressing through your programme.

Qualifications

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you have already achieved, or be predicted to achieve in Summer 2026:

• GCSEs at Grade 9-4/A*-C including English and Mathematics
• A level 3 qualification, e.g. BTEC, A-Levels, T-Level etc.
• Good IT skills and able to use Microsoft Office packages e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel etc.
• Good organisation, time management and communication skills

You must also be available to start full-time work by September 2026 and have:

• The commitment to live and breathe our company values during your work and studies.
• The motivation and dedication to successfully complete your apprenticeship programme

Please note, as this is an apprenticeship programme, in order to be eligible to apply you must not already have an equivalent level or higher qualification in the occupational area, or significant work experience.

Additional Information

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are proud to be a disability confident employer, please contact our Early Careers team at earlycareers@unitedinfrastructure.com if you would like to apply via this scheme, or to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional application support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process so we can discuss how we can support you.

If you are ready to be part of our expanding team and contribute to our success, please click the I'm interested button and submit an application. We recommend you apply as early as possible as we may close this vacancy if we receive sufficient applications.

Join us at United Infrastructure today and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK.