Apprentice Project Engineer

  • Company: Avove
  • Location: Derby, DE24 8BY
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary: Competitive Salary
  • Sector: Engineering and manufacturing
  • Ref: NAS-2000030671
  • Application Deadline Date: 29/05/2026
  • Start Date: 07/09/2026
  • Positions Available: 2
  • Working Week: Monday - Friday, shifts to be confirmed.

Brief Description

You’ll learn from our commissioning team, learning all aspects of the role and then applying your knowledge to our live projects to ensure compliance with all relevant technical standards taking client information from an outline design stage and ensuring the project controls and workflow is in place.

Future Prospects

Fully qualified Project Engineer and potential for management or specialisation.

Vacancy Detail

What your day could look like…



  • Going along to client site visits before a project starts to see how things work on site

  • Learning how projects are priced and planned and helping the estimating engineers

  • Working with the Design team to understand what the project involves and how it will be delivered

  • Sitting in meetings (like buildability, ALM and HazOp) to see how teams plan work safely and efficiently

  • Learning about health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ) responsibilities

  • Helping review RAMS (risk assessments and method statements) with the site team

  • Using drawings, plans and other engineering information to support project delivery

  • Working with suppliers and subcontractors to make sure designs can be delivered on site

  • Working closely with Design and Delivery teams from start to finish of a project

  • Supporting the Project Manager with general admin and day‑to‑day project tasks

Ready to start your adventure?