Project Management Graduate Apprenticeship
Babcock · Scotland · KY11 2YD
About the role
🚀 Ready to Launch Your Career in Project Management? Join Our Naval Programmes! 🚀
This is your chance to dive into some seriously cool, large-scale projects supporting the Royal Navy's cutting-edge Type 31 frigates and the UK Submarine Dismantling Programme. 🇬🇧 You’ll be hands-on in delivering, maintaining, and transforming some of the UK's most advanced naval tech, all while learning the ropes of massive project management. 🤯
Get ready to team up with seasoned pros and get a front-row seat to innovation! We’re talking about exposure to:
- Digital project controls 💻
- Data-driven decision-making 📊
- Advanced planning & scheduling tools 🗓️
- Sustainable and eco-friendly project delivery 🌱
- Systems integration and modern engineering 🛠️
Through a mix of real-world experience and a structured development plan, you'll build a rock-solid foundation in project management. You'll gain skills in:
- Engaging with stakeholders & killer communication 🗣️
- Sharp planning & effective delivery ✅
- Nailing risk and opportunity management 🎲
- Mastering change and cost control 💰
- Making smart, data-led decisions 🧠
Plus, you'll get a comprehensive understanding of the technical and operational challenges of massive engineering programmes. 🧐
Your Apprenticeship Adventure:
You'll be working towards an MA in Business Management with Heriot-Watt University, perfectly blending classroom smarts with on-the-job brilliance. 🎓
We follow the awesome 70:20:10 model for development:
- 70% Workplace Experience: Rotate through Project Controls placements and make a real impact on projects. 💪
- 20% Coaching & Mentoring: Learn from the best! Our experienced team will guide and support your growth. 🤝
- 10% Formal Learning: Earn a recognized postgraduate qualification while you work. 📚
You'll also follow our clear Project Management Career Framework, mapping out your development and future opportunities at Babcock. 🌟
By the end of this programme, you'll have the core project management skills, practical business know-how, and the confidence to build an epic, long-term career in Project Management. 📈 Let's build the future, together!
Key responsibilities
- Play a role in the delivery, maintenance, and transformation of naval platforms.
- Contribute to real projects and programmes.
Entry requirements
Essential qualifications (You'll need one of the following: SQA Highers at BBBB (over two sittings), including English A-Levels at BBC, including English Int. Baccalaureate 29 points SQA HNC in a relevant subject (or a suitable Modern Apprenticeship) with B in the graded unit Foundation Apprenticeship in Business Skills in conjunction with other suitable qualifications You must be resident in Scotland, as Graduate Apprenticeships are only available to individuals living and working in Scotland. This role requires on-site attendance. By your start date, you must be able to reliably commute to the site. This will normally require living within a reasonable commuting distance of Rosyth or relocating before you join us. Many of our programmes are subject to Security Clearance and Trade Control restrictions which mean that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold or have held may impact which programmes you are eligible for. For this programme, you must be able to achieve and maintain Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance. For further details, visit GOV.UK and search ‘United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels’. Under applicable national security legislation, this post may only be occupied by a UK national. This legal requirement is independent of our recruitment policies, and all eligible applicants will be assessed fairly and without discrimination.)