Project Apprentice

During our apprenticeship you will:

Support with the management of stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests. Communicate with a variety of audiences and developing your ability to negotiate. Gain an awareness of project budgets and build an understanding of planned and actual costs. Determine, control, and manage changes to the scope of the project, including assumptions, dependencies, and constraints. Be involved with monitoring the progress of projects. Identify and monitor project risk or opportunity, plan and implement responses to them, contribute to risk registers. Understand the resources required to successfully deliver a project, including colleagues, sub-contractors, and how to manage these.

Training:

You will receive support through a structured in‑house development programme alongside virtual classroom‑based workshops delivered by Heart of England Training, enabling you to achieve the APM Project Management Qualification and become eligible for Associate membership of the Association for Project Management (APM).

Our apprenticeship has been designed to support you at every stage of your development, and throughout the programme you will be stretched, challenged and fully supported by a business that is committed to your professional growth.

Training Outcome:

We have lots of fantastic success stories from previous apprentices who have gone on to achieve industry recognised qualifications through their apprenticeships and many of our past apprentices are still working within the business today or have gone onto have successful careers elsewhere. Our workplace culture will allow you to pick up not only the knowledge and skills to be used in your future career but also experience working in a professional but relaxed environment that will give you the confidence to excel in your role and develop as a professional.

We truly believe that we put our people at the heart of everything we do, and you will have the job security and development opportunities that are rare in the current climate, so why not join us, and be a part of our continuing growth and success? With exciting future ambitions, we couldn’t think of a better time for you to join us!

Employer Description:

At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes, in various sectors including manufacturing, education, health, transport, utilities and construction. Delivering our products sustainably, and safely to our customers is of utmost importance.

Portakabin now employs more than 2,200 people across the UK and Europe. Our people are at the heart of business and the reason for our success. We offer career progression, support and development opportunities giving our employees space to grow.

Portakabin is a Disability Confident Committed and equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and to the fair and consistent treatment of all current and prospective colleagues.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and value the contribution that diverse experiences bring to our teams.

Reasonable adjustments will be made throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes where required. If you need any additional support or experience any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on resourcing@portakabin.com 

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday, 36.25 hours. We operate a flexible working approach, allowing start times from 7am - 10am and finish times from 2:30pm - 6:30pm.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Logical,Team working,Creative,Initiative