2025 Bid Management Apprentice - Crawley

THALES UK LIMITED

Crawley, RH10 9HA

Closes on Sunday 16 February

Posted on 25 October 2024

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Summary

Are you interested in the way that a business grows? Do you have a passion for new technologies? Are you intrigued by the way we help customers find new solutions to their problems? Do you think you have a talent for organisation, a common sense approach and an eye for the detail to link these aspects together to create winning bids?

Annual wage
£22,500 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

• Pension – Thales match, plus 1%, with a maximum contribution of 7% • Health Insurance – 50% of salary for five years • Performance-related pay uplifts

Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours Monday – Thursday, 5 hours Friday). Shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

2 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

Apprentices on the Bid Management scheme will join the business growth community of Bid Managers and Sales Managers, as we look to secure new business and open new markets for Thales products and technologies. Working with either the Electronic Warfare (EW) or Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) teams, Bid Apprentices will gain experience in:

  • Understanding and responding to customer requests
  • Knowledge in structuring and estimating new project
  • Methods for bidding, negotiating and ultimately winning new contracts

Bid Apprentices will join an Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) bid team who are keen to work together, share ideas and develop their experiences. Bid Apprentices will be supported in their learning journey as they take on more responsibility through ownership of individual bids, specific customer relationships and communications with the ISR organisation including the senior management team.          

Where you’ll work

Manor Royal

Crawley

RH10 9HA

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

CORNDEL LIMITED

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.

    • Your training plan

    This is a 24 month programme working towards the Level 4 Project Manager Associate Apprenticeship standard. The programme will be delivered via a virtual delivery model, with live virtual workshops and 1-2-1 coaching calls. Upon successful completion of your End Point Assessment, you will roll off into the Thales UK Bid and Project Management job family into a Project Planner or Project Controller role.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • 5 GCSES incl Maths and English (grade 9-4 or A*-C)
    • STEM subject advantageous (grade C or above (or equivalent))

    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
    • Number skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working

    About this company

    Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.

    https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/uk-career (opens in new tab)

    Company benefits

    • 201 hours annual leave (plus bank holidays) One additional company day at Christmas Healthcare Cash Plan 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme 80 hours (10 days) volunteering in your first 2 years depending on length of programme Discount Portal

    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

    • Upon successful completion of your End Point Assessment, you will roll off into the Thales UK Bid and Project Management job family into a bid role.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    THALES UK LIMITED

    Early Careers Team

    Suppearlycar@uk.thalesgroup.com

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284250.

    Apply now

    Closes on Sunday 16 February

    When you apply, you’ll be asked to sign in with a GOV.UK One Login. You can create one at the same time as applying for this apprenticeship.

    After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.

    Company’s application instructions

    Online Application Online Assessment and Video Interview Virtual Assessment Centre Offer if successful