Apprentice Project Manager
SHEFFIELD FORGEMASTERS ENGINEERING LIMITED
About the Role
<p>As an Apprentice Associate Project Manager, you will work towards becoming a highly skilled professional capable of managing and supporting a range of projects from feasibility through to closure, following the company’s established project framework.</p>
- The role involves helping to create detailed project and implementation plans, developing business cases that outline objectives, resources, timelines, costs and risks, and ensuring that project requirements are clearly documented and agreed
- You will support the management of change control processes, maintain effective budget and margin oversight, and help monitor project progress so that stakeholders have accurate, timely information to make informed decisions
- You will contribute to quality inspection reviews, maintain essential documentation to ensure compliance, and assist in producing status reports and KPI updates
- A key part of the role is supporting regular governance meetings, preparing project communications, and participating in internal reviews to identify risks, issues and opportunities early so that mitigation actions can be put in place
- As you develop, you will help manage project budgets and schedules to ensure On Time In Full delivery, escalate issues when necessary, and work closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and critical deadlines
- You may also represent the company in external meetings, helping to resolve issues and support shared planning
- Throughout the role, you will be expected to demonstrate strong ethical standards and uphold the company’s values and behaviours
- Gain standard security clearance including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- Pass a pre-placement medical with our onsite occupational health department
- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship and competency review it would be expected the individual would move into a full time role
About the Training
About the Employer
We manufacture some of the world’s largest steel castings and forgings, ranging from 1 to 350 tonnes. You don’t need to be a metallurgist expert to know that is really big and really heavy! When it comes to steel production anything that’s heavy and technically complex is where we add real value to our customers. We produce a wide range of products for mills and presses, nuclear, defence, power generation, offshore oil and gas and materials processing industries. It is this diversity of products that allows us to offer a number of different opportunities across our business. Check out our website for more information and images of the exciting work we do here. We have a long and established history within Sheffield spanning over 170 years…. In 2021 we were acquired by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). This has given our business a new focus, marking an exciting and monumental time for our future. We have also secured over £400m of new investment over the next 10 years to support our defence-critical assets, including plans for a new heavy forge line and building, a flood alleviation scheme and major machine tool replacements. There really is no better time to join us!
Skills Required
- Reliable
- Enthusiastic
- Eager to learn
- Positive attitude
- Time management
- Self-motivated
Training Provider
BARNSLEY COLLEGE
Course/Training
Associate project manager (level 4)