Apprentice Project Manager

SHEFFIELD FORGEMASTERS ENGINEERING LIMITED

South Yorkshire (S9 2RW)

Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 10 March 2026)

Posted on 13 February 2026

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Summary

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.

Wage

£17,199 a year

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Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 7.45am - 4.00pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 24 August 2026

Duration

3 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • 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

Where you'll work

PO BOX 286
Brightside Lane
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S9 2RW

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

BARNSLEY COLLEGE

Training course

Associate project manager (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSE's Including English, Maths and a Science (grade 4 or Above)

A Level in:

2 A-Levels or equivalent (grade C or above)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Reliable
  • Enthusiastic
  • Eager to learn
  • Positive attitude
  • Time management
  • Self-motivated

Other requirements

  • Gain standard security clearance including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
  • Pass a pre-placement medical with our onsite occupational health department

About this 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!

https://www.sheffieldforgemasters.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship and competency review it would be expected the individual would move into a full time role

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BARNSLEY COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000015437.

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Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 10 March 2026)

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