Degree Apprentice Project Management

BAE Systems; Filton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK is seeking a professional to lead stakeholder management and project oversight in the submarines business. The role demands strong negotiation skills and a background in project management. Ideal candidates will possess at least 5 GCSEs and UCAS points, along with the ability to navigate complex engineering challenges. The position offers a competitive benefits package and a culture that values diversity.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexibility in health and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Must have strong negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Experience in managing projects within time, cost and quality constraints.
• Ability to analyse contexts, opportunities, and challenges in different organisational settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder identification and analysis.
• Manage projects, control costs, and establish performance indicators.
• Select appropriate commercial contract types for projects.

Education

5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 9-4 / A-C including Maths & English

96 UCAS Points (or equivalent)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead and take responsibility for the identification and analysis of a range of stakeholders and their impact on the project, as well as effectively listening to and influencing others through negotiation and persuasion.
• Manage projects within the constraints of time, cost and quality, including control of costs against budgets, forecasting, and establishing performance indicators.
• Identify and analyse the context, opportunities and challenges presented by projects in a range of organisational settings, appreciating the differences within organisations and in different industry sectors and the consequent need for tailoring.
• Maintain and evaluate different commercial contract and procurement types to select appropriate options for specific programmes and projects.

Qualifications

5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 9-4 / A-C which must include Maths & English AND 96 UCAS Points (or equivalent) (excluding UCAS points gained at AS level)

About Our Submarines Business

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 of thought, rewards integrity, merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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.

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.