Degree Apprentice Project Management Integrated

Job Title: Degree Apprentice Project Management Integrated

What you’ll be doing:

This is a five-year scheme. Through five annual work placements, you will learn and demonstrate skills required to successfully manage our complex projects and programmes, including:

• Communication
• Schedule management
• Budgeting and cost control
• Stakeholder management
• Risk management
• Project governance

Over 50% of those undertaking the Honours degree in Project Management graduate with a first-class Honours degree.

Working in Project Management means you will be the eyes and ears of a given project, ensuring it is delivered on time, to cost, and of the required quality. You will gain a broad view across the project and be able to demonstrate the elements needed to make it a success. This depends on understanding the big picture, recognizing the key issues, making effective decisions, and driving actions to their conclusion. The Integrated Degree apprenticeship in Project Management will develop and test all these skills.

Please note you must not book any annual leave within the first 3 months of your apprenticeship. Following this, leave will be considered depending on the individual training delivery schedule and must be approved by your line manager.

What qualification will you get?

Attending college one day each week at an external academic provider’s facilities, you will not only study the Degree Apprenticeship but also for an Honours degree in Project Management. In addition, you will gain the APMPMQ qualification from the Association of Project Management.

You will study at the University of Cumbria, once a week during term time.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits, including:

• Free higher education
• Access to the Company pension and share saving scheme
• An extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits
• A green car scheme and private health plans
• Shopping discounts
• Eligibility for an annual incentive

The Air team:

The Air sector is a world leader in the aerospace industry with expertise that can be traced back to the very earliest days of aviation.

We design and build advanced training and combat aircraft; develop and work with the latest in cutting-edge technology; and provide support and maintenance for our customers across the world.

By joining our 23,000-strong global workforce, you could directly contribute to some of our leading aircraft, including the Eurofighter Typhoon, F-35 Lightning II, or our next generation of aircraft, in the UK or at one of our international sites. Whether you’re providing direct support to our customers, ensuring our programmes run to time and cost, or influencing the design and manufacture of our products, you’ll be completing work that counts.

We’re looking for people who are passionate about delivering excellence and supporting some of the world’s most significant aerospace organisations.

We believe in investing in our people and inspiring continual innovation in our business. Developing and using the latest technology to compete with the world’s best is at the heart of what we do. Providing world-class training, support, and development to our people means we inspire the very best talent to achieve great things.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented in our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example, dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder, etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Export Control / Security:

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must, at a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK, depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Qualification Requirements:

• 5 GCSE A*-C or 9-4 (or equivalent) including Maths & English
• A minimum of 96 UCAS Tariff Points (240 point old system), or equivalent (excluding UCAS points gained at AS level)