Project Management Apprentice - VINCI Facilities - West London

VINCI Facilities

Sandhurst, GU15 4PQ

Closes in 20 days (Saturday 15 March)

Posted on 7 February 2025

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Summary

As a Project Management Apprentice, you will be an integral part of the project management team, assisting in the coordination and execution of projects from inception to completion. This role provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in project management while contributing to the success of the organisation.​

Wage
£20,800 a year

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Everyday discounts. Pension scheme with employer contribution. Opportunity for bi-annual salary progression

Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, from 8.00am - 5.00pm.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

3 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

  • ​Assist in the development of project plans, schedules, and documentation
  • ​Support the project manager in coordinating tasks across different departments
  • ​Participate in project meetings and document meeting minutes and action items
  • ​Help monitor project progress and report any issues to the project manager
  • ​Collaborate with team members to ensure timely and successful project delivery
  • ​Learn and apply project management tools and software
  • ​Engage in continuous learning and training opportunities to advance project management skills 

Where you’ll work

Camberley

Sandhurst

GU15 4PQ

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

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Your training course

Associate project manager (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.

Your training plan

  • Level 4 Associate Project Managemet Apprenticeship
  • Online and face to face delivery with Ixons

More training information

  • 2 years fixed term contract. 
  • Opportunity for progression and permanent contract. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

BTEC or equivalent in:

  • BTEC Extended Diploma (grade DMM to DDM)

GCSE in:

  • Relevant Discipline (grade 4 and above)

Desirable qualifications

T Level in:

  • Relevant Discipline (grade Merit)

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
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

You will be based on a construction site and PPE use will be required for site visits.

About this company

VINCI Facilities offer national comprehensive construction, fit out and facilities management services across a wide range of sectors nationally. Our expert teams deliver robust, sustainable and bespoke services to keep our clients’ facilities running smoothly. Operating in both public and private sectors, including government, industrial, healthcare and retail, our experts ensure end users operate in a safe, compliant, clean, secure and well-maintained estate. Providing multi-disciplined and cost effective building refurbishment, housing and regeneration solutions. bespoke solutions across the healthcare, education, local authority, government, corporate, retail, utilities, industrial, social housing and defence sectors that maximise the efficiency and life cycle of the built environment. VINCI Facilities is committed to creating a working environment that is inclusive and diverse.

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

Company benefits

26 days holiday + 8 days bank holidays. 2 days paid volunteering. Training courses programme and Mentor Support. Training Scheme to works towards Professional. Accreditation - RICS.

Disability Confident

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

  • VINCI Facilities Apprenticeship Scheme has been designed to kick start your journey towards becoming an industry expert. You will get hands-on experience and tailored training to support you every step of the way
  • In addition to the qualifications the programme will enable candidates to progress in terms of level of responsibility, interpersonal skills, leadership, commercial awareness and commercial knowledge
  • This position offers candidates to opportunity to learn on the job, gain a recognised qualification and the opportunity to progress on to a degree course upon completion  and ultimately lead to full membership of the relevant professional institutions
  • We are looking for a long-term relationship with our apprentices and we have a long-term career structure in mind, whereby we see the apprentice developing into senior roles within our business as it grows

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000301797.

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Closes in 20 days (Saturday 15 March)

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Company’s application instructions

Short List of CVs and interview at the project office. If you require any adjustment to the interview let us know. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted