Apprentice Project Manager

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast growing electrical contracting business based in Peterborough to support the preparation of project proposals, budgets, and schedules, and assist in the planning, execution, and closing of projects.

Annual wage: £18,000 a year
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Training course: Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Wednesday 1 January
Duration: 2 Years 6 Months
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

• Support the preparation of project proposals, budgets, and schedules, and assist during the quotation process.
• Assist in the planning, execution, and closing of projects.
• Coordinate project activities and resources to meet project objectives.
• Monitor project progress and report on performance to senior managers highlighting any escalation points.
• Create and maintain project documentation throughout the project.
• Communicate effectively with clients, team members, sales representatives and suppliers.
• Attend regular project meetings and provide administrative support.
• Identify, manage and track project risks and issues, escalating as necessary.
• Identify changes to the original project scope and highlight any potential impact on timeline and cost.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the project management team.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards.

Assist with the safety, social, legal and environmental implications of assigned projects.

Where you’ll work

12 Dodson Way

Fengate

PE1 5XJ

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

ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION

Your training course

Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Governance Frameworks: Lead and take responsibility for the project management plan as required by the governance structure. Apply techniques and project management methodologies as appropriate, dependent upon project complexity and criticality to the organisational environment in which a project is being delivered. Maintain, review and communicate a project business case for approval through the stages of a typical project lifecycle ensuring continued value for money and continued alignment with organisational objectives.

The Business Environment: Identify and analyse the context, opportunities and challenges presented by projects in a range of organisational settings, appreciating the differences within both large and small organisations and in different industry sectors and the consequent need for tailoring. Identify the operating constraints that apply to projects including ethical, legal and regulatory considerations. This may include the green economy and the impacts of strategies for achieving net carbon zero by 2050.

Stakeholder and communications management: Lead and take responsibility for the identification and analysis of internal and external stakeholders and their impact on the project. Manage an effective project communication plan across stakeholders with different cultural and physical barriers. Analyse information and communicate with stakeholders incorporating elements of feedback to understand and measure the effectiveness of planned communications. Effectively listen and influence others through negotiation and persuasion.

Control of projects in terms of time, cost and quality: Manage the project within the constraints of time, cost and quality. Control expenditure and produce status reports as required, including control of costs against budgets, forecasting, and establishing performance indicators as required by funding sources. Measure progress and actual costs against plans to determine a full understanding of project performance. Identify, achieve and maintain quality standards appropriate to the context and specific requirements of project activities.

Risk Management: Ensure that project risks, opportunities and issues are addressed using quantitative and qualitative methods to categorise risks and their impacts. Identify, evaluate and implement appropriate mitigation strategies, ensuring that mitigation actions are incorporated into the project plan and are implemented should they develop into issues. Manage risk through the regular review of a risk management plan, adopting appropriate strategies to manage both threats and opportunities.

Commercial and Contract management: Maintain and evaluate different commercial contract and procurement types to select appropriate options for specific programmes and projects. Support effective contract management and the achievement of programme and project outcomes.

Project Change Control: Dependent upon the size and complexity of a project, define and apply a recognised process to manage change in projects. Make effective decisions in the interests of a range of stakeholders with regards to change requests. Handle change within different project management methodologies.

Schedule Management: Evaluate requirements and methods for data capture and analysis in a project environment. Evaluate project schedule integrity including identification and resolution of scheduling problems. Apply resource acquisition and management techniques to balance programme and project needs against resource demand. Negotiate the allocation and scheduling of internal and external resources to meet programme and project demands.

Your training plan

BSc (Hons) in Project Management
Taught through blended learning which consists of online learning and 16 scheduled workshops on Anglia Ruskins Cambridge and Chelmsford or at specially selected hotel and conference facilities.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English and Maths (grade C/4)

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

Any (grade 96 UCAS Points (CCC))
Any (grade 96 UCAS Points (DDD))

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
Organisation skills
Team working

Other requirements

TO APPLY - please email a CV and cover letter to sarah.amaddio@emlelectrical.co.uk. If an offer of employment is made, applicants are required to undergo a DBS check. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

About this company

EML Electrical Contractors Ltd are a fast growing electrical contracting business based in Peterborough. We pride ourselves on consistently delivering an excellent, trusted, professional and reliable service to every one of our clients. Due to our continued success, we are looking to employ an apprentice Project Manager. We understand that to deliver the best for our clients we need the right team behind us who share our values. We have a culture where we do what is right for our employees and work together as a team in an inclusive, honest and trusting environment.

https://www.emlelectrical.co.uk/?utm_source=GMBListing&utm_medium=Organic (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• 28 days holiday per year (this includes bank holidays) • Pension scheme

After this apprenticeship

The right candidate may move into the role of a fully qualified Project Manager.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION

Sarah Amaddio

sarah.amaddio@emlelectrical.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000277858.

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