V03235 - Degree Apprentice Project Management

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Cumbria, LA14 1AF

Closes on Friday 28 February

Posted on 8 November 2024

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Summary

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century. The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels

• Annual wage: Competitive

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  We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme.

• Training course: Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
• Hours: Shifts to be confirmed.

  37 hours a week

• Possible start date:

  Monday 22 September

• Duration:

  4 years 11 months

• Positions available:

  60

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

The Project Management Degree Apprenticeship is a 5 year scheme that will expose you to different areas in the business across world-class programmes, offering real life project experience that facilitates your learning and development. 

During the Project Management Degree Apprenticeship you will work towards ensuring that our submarine programmes deliver successfully and safely to time, cost and quality. 
Our placements are designed so that you are fully immersed into a role to gain PM competencies and on the job experiences, helping you to grow and develop both personally and professionally. You will gain a significant understanding and application of project management and will be building your knowledge and skills in aspects such as:

Stakeholder and Communications Management – To lead and take responsibility for the identification and analysis of a range of stakeholders and their impact on the project, as well as effectively listening to and influencing others through negotiation and persuasion. 

Control of projects in terms of time, cost and quality – To manage projects within the constraints of time, cost and quality, including control of costs against budgets, forecasting, and establishing performance indicators. 

The Business Environment – To identify and analyse the context, opportunities and challenges presented by projects in a range of organisational settings, appreciating the differences within organisations and in different industry sectors and the consequent need for tailoring. 

Commercial and Contract management – To maintain and evaluate different commercial contract and procurement types to select appropriate options for specific programmes and projects. Furthermore, supporting effective contract management and the achievement of programme and project outcomes.

On this scheme you will be supported and nurtured to give you the capacity to make the role your own, and seize the endless opportunities for business, personal and professional growth.

Where you’ll work

BAE Systems

1st Floor, Main Shipyard Offices

Barrow-in-Furness

Cumbria

LA14 1AF

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

THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA

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

• 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.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• 5 GCSEs inc Maths, Science, English or Technical (grade A*-C/9-4 (or equivalent))
• a minimum of (grade 96 UCAS Tariff points)

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
• Organisation skills
• Team working

About this company

At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of more than 93,000 people in around 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.

https://www.baesystems.com/en/careers/careers-in-the-uk/early-careers (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts.

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

• Approximately 95% of apprentices choose to stay on with us. As a global business there are a world of opportunities – whether you decide to stay in the UK, or explore an overseas role.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Early Careers Recruitment Team

GART@baesystems.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000286569.

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Closes on Friday 28 February

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