Apprentice Project Manager

Summary

You will study a Degree Apprenticeship in Professional Practice in Project Management to achieve a BSc (Hons) degree. This will take around 3.5 years to complete and you will attend our university partner for your studies in blocks. You will work 40 hours per week in a hybrid pattern with time spent in the office, on-site and working from home.

Wage: Competitive
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Training course: Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday. Start and finish times to be decide with your people manager. This role is based in the Newcastle/Durham/Teesside area.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 3 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

Learning what delivery and financial performance looks like and how to monitor and review this to help identify issues and work to put this right
Understanding what cost reconciliation is. Learning to work with both commercial and finance teams to develop the ability to make sure cost implications are covered
Learning about what our internal design team does and the role they play in projects. Working with the design team to make sure the client’s expectations are met
Understand what a stakeholder is. Develop the ability to work with different types of stakeholders involved in the projects to make sure everything is delivered successfully
Learning about what preconstruction and ECI (early contractor involvement) phases are within a project. Begin to gain experience on how to create and maintain project programmes during these phases
Learning to work with the delivery teams throughout the construction process and life cycle of the project and gain experience in project managing them to make sure the project is delivered successfully
Developing an excellent awareness of health and safety and learn to become accountable for safety and compliance auditing

Where you’ll work

Orwell House Unit 9

Mandale Park, Belmont Industrial Estate

Durham

DH1 1TH

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

LEEDS TRINITY 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

Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date. 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:

English (grade 4/C or above)
Maths (grade 4/C or above)

A Level in:

3x A Levels (grade C or above)

T Level in:

Any (grade Pass or above)

BTEC in:

Any (grade Pass 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
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience

About this company

We design, build, and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.

https://www.avove.co.uk/early-careers/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

24 days holiday plus bank holidays. Apprentice bonus scheme. Support with paid driving lessons for those apprentices eligible. Company pension scheme. Life assurance. Family friendly policies.

After this apprenticeship

Assistant Project Manager
Project Manager
Principal Project Manager

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Avove Utilities

Gill Roberts

early.careers@avove.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000298578.

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