Degree Apprentice Project Management

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Job title: Degree Apprentice Project Management

Location: Barrow

We offer relocation support packages for this role (Barrow-in-Furness based roles), subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Salary: We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme

What you’ll be doing:

The Project Management Degree Apprenticeship is a 5 year scheme that will expose you to different areas in the business across our global product and services portfolio, offering real life project experience that facilitates your learning and development.

In Weapon Systems UK we have Project management roles in many areas of our business whether it is supporting the global sustainment of our products, developing our future footprint strategy, or driving the delivery of our research and technology programmes. Projects don’t come more challenging and critical than ours.

Our placements are designed so that you are fully immersed into a role to gain PM competencies and on the job experiences, helping you to grow and develop professionally. During the Project Management Degree Apprenticeship you will be responsible for supporting the successful delivery of different projects by gathering information about time, cost and quality constraints, identifying and analysing data trends and driving actions to their conclusion.

You will maintain, update and report on key project data, identify any potential issues and help to identify and reduce risks as the project progresses and help make effective decisions to move the project along. Throughout the scheme you will have the opportunity to work across different stages of the project lifecycle to develop your skills and gain invaluable experience.

Alongside on the job experience, you will receive a full BA Hons in Project Management, and gain a Professional Qualification accredited by the Association of Project Management (APM).

On this scheme you will be provided with challenging placements whilst being supported to make the role your own, and seize the endless opportunities for business, personal and professional growth.

For further information regarding the apprenticeship standard please visit:

https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/project-manager-integrated-degree-v1-0

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Submarines team:

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century.

The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels. In total, seven boats will make up the fleet, each weighing a mighty 7,400 tonnes.

Dreadnought is the successor to the Vanguard class of nuclear deterrent submarines. We will deliver four submarines to the Royal Navy, with the first submarine entering service in the early 2030s. Dreadnought is widely considered to be one of the world’s most complex engineering challenges.

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 under represented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure 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 as 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.

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)