Apprentice Project Manager

Summary

Looking for a rewarding career with a dynamic and innovative organisation that's Leading with Science® to solve issues worldwide? Tetra Tech’s early careers journey includes regular training, events & support networks. You’ll work on ground-breaking projects & develop the skills for success with access to mentoring, chartership support, & more.

Annual wage: £12,480 to £22,308 a year
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Training course: Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours: Your working week will be 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. 7.5 hours per day. No shifts or weekends. Start and finish times can be agreed with your line manager as we offer flexible working.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 8 September
Duration: 4 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

Joining the existing Project and Cost Management team, you will support Senior Project Managers in managing projects, working closely with high profile clients, stakeholders, and all UK Tetra Tech disciplines to develop and deliver successful projects to our clients. You will be supported working towards managing your own projects whilst studying for a degree in project Management.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Assisting in delivering projects to the value of £250m across both Public and Private sectors
Assisting in preparing tender and contract documents
Ensuring internal governance is adhered to
Assisting in the management and delivery of construction projects
Assisting in the development of works and resource management
Facilitating project progress meetings with the project team
Implementing change control management
Supporting senior staff in delivering business objectives

Where you’ll work

2nd floor, 11 York Street

Manchester

M2 2AW

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

YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY

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

To be agreed

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 9- 4 /A*- C)
3 A'levels including English and maths (grade A*- C)

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
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services with 27,000 associates working across the full project life cycle worldwide. Our operations in the UK and Europe include more than 2,000 employees who are Leading with Science® to solve our clients’ most complex problems.

https://www.tetratecheurope.com/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Once you have completed the apprenticeship you will have gained a BSc (Hons) in Project Management and can go onto work as a Project Manager, manging your own projects.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TETRA TECH LIMITED

Sally Allen

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000285745.

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Closes on Saturday 4 January

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Company’s application instructions

Please apply via our careers page using this link and submitting your CV. https://tetratech.referrals.selectminds.com/tetra-tech-europe/jobs/apprentice-project-manager-46189

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