Apprentice Project Manager

Summary

As a Project Manager you’ll be working within a diverse team, cultivating a deep understanding of our sectors, building long-term relationships with clients and colleagues, and finding ways to improve ways in which we work.

Annual wage: £22,308 a year
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Training course: Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 5 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

The apprentice will work under the supervision of and support several professional consultants on the delivery of construction projects for a variety of clients, on a wide range of projects in the Local Government Sector from initial concept (including supporting on grant funding applications) through to outline / detailed design, procurement, delivery and handover.

Typical tasks and activities include:

· Preparation and maintenance of key project documents such as action trackers and minutes, risk registers, project execution plans etc

· Review of project programmes and monitoring thereof.

· Monitor the expenditure against predefined budgets of costs including professional fees, surveys and investigations, and construction.

· Collate, analyse and report on cost, schedule and risk performance data, utilising digital toolsets to efficiently visualise and communicate insights for project teams.

· Review technical design drawings and management plans to understand the scope and constraints of a project and support scope change control procedures.

· Undertake on the job training on a range of industry leading tools and procedures, and, along with the learning from their part-time degree course, apply these skills to ongoing project activities.

Where you’ll work

103 Colmore Row

Birmingham

B3 3AG

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

COVENTRY 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

On this apprenticeship you will complete the BSc Project Management Degree Apprenticeship, on a day release basis, through our agreed training provider, Coventry University.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade Grade 4 or Above)
Maths (grade Grade 4 or Above)

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
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

After this apprenticeship

Following the apprenticeship, the apprentice can either develop further in their specialism or explore other routes and opportunities across our business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000288860.

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Closes on Friday 17 January

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Company’s application instructions

Applications should be submitted online. Early application is encouraged as we reserve the right to close roles before the deadline stated.

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