Apprenticeship – Program Manager Level 4

CUMMINS POWER GENERATION LIMITED

Kent (CT13 9FF)

Closes in 19 days (Sunday 14 September 2025)

Posted on 26 August 2025

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Summary

The Degree Apprentice role is a developmental position within the Service Functional Excellence department. During the apprenticeship you will work 4 days per week, inclusive of 1 day per week for remote study of your qualification. On completion of this apprenticeship, you will obtain a degree qualification & chartered management status.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course
Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)
Hours
During the apprenticeship you will work 4 days per week, inclusive of 1 day per week for remote study of your qualification. The working hours are 8.00am - 4.00pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 6 October 2025

Duration

2 years 9 months

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

Our culture believes in POWERING YOUR POTENTIAL. We provide global opportunities to develop your career, make your community a better place and work with today’s most innovative thinkers to solve the world’s toughest problems. We believe in flexibility for you to explore your passions while making an impact through meaningful work within our inclusive workforce. That’s what #LifeAtCummins is all about.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Chartered Business Management Apprentice to join our team specializing in business development for our distribution Europe business, working in our Darlington office, UK. During your apprenticeship with us, you will learn how a major global organization operates, gaining the tools and exposure you will need to become an expert in the industry and power your potential!  

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

  • Manage key OEM engineering licenses, through renewal and account management
  • Resolve customer issues through an understanding of Cummins processes, systems, and practices.
  • Support improvement projects intended to improve customer experience and organisational goals.
  • Applying “Best Practice” on how the existing processes can be made more customer centric or efficient.
  • Developing and maintaining business reporting for data analytics & KPI metric measurements
  • Manage several regular report updates and communicate these updates with stakeholders.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

  • 5 GCSE’s 4/C or above with Math’s and English included. A levels in business at A level grade and A level grade or equivient in IT is preferred but not essential. 
  • You must be a UK resident who has lived in the UK for the last 3 years. If you are a previous resident of the EU/EEA, you must have gained pre-settlement or settlement status. If you are a non-UK resident, you must be on an acceptable Visa. (Required)
  • Customer focus and understanding of their needs.
  • Keen and willing to learn with enthusiastic approach to solving complex problems.
  • Able to work independently and as a team.

Why Cummins?

As an apprentice at Cummins, you will have the chance to develop your skills and knowledge in a supportive and dynamic environment. Our program is designed to provide a comprehensive learning experience that prepares you for a successful career in the industry.

Working at Cummins

At Cummins, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, regardless of race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, and/or expression, or any other status protected by law. As a disability confident employer, we strive to make our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you require any reasonable adjustments to accommodate a health condition or disability, please let us know. Your journey with us matters!

Where you'll work

3rd Floor, The Gateway
Discovery Park
Sandwich
Kent
CT13 9FF

Training

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

Training provider

CORNDEL EDUCATION LTD

Training course

Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Support the development of organisational strategies and plans. Develop and deliver operational plans; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operational effectiveness, efficiencies and excellence.   Produce reports that clearly present information and data, using a range of interpretation and analytical processes.  Gain wide support to deliver successful outcomes
  • Plan, organise and manage resources in order to achieve organisational goals.  Identify key outcomes, develop and implement plans and monitor progress, and provide reports as required.  Proactively identify risk and create plans for their mitigation. Able to initiate, lead and drive change within the organisation, identifying barriers/challenges and how to overcome them. Ability to use widely recognised project management tools
  • Managing budgets, controlling expenditure and production of financial reports
  • Use of customer insight and analysis of data to determine and drive customer service outcomes and improve customer relationships.  Creative approaches to developing solutions to meet customer need
  • Able to identify service/organisational improvements and opportunities for innovation and growth, using qualitative and quantitative analysis of information and data and benchmarking against others
  • Communicate clearly, effectively and regularly using oral, written and digital channels and platforms.  Use active listening and open questioning to structure conversations and discussions, and able to challenge when appropriate.  Manage and chair meetings and clearly present actions and outcomes. Ability to apply influencing and persuading skills, to the dynamics and politics of personal interactions
  • Able to articulate organisational purpose and values.  Support the creation of an inclusive, high performance work culture. Enable others to achieve by developing and supporting them through coaching and mentoring
  • Able to build teams, empower and motivate others to improve performance or achieve outcomes.  Able to delegate to others, provide clear guidance and monitor progress. Ability to set goals and accountabilities
  • Able to build rapport and trust, develop networks and maintain relationships with people from a range of cultures, backgrounds and levels.  Able to contribute within a team environment.  Effectively influence and negotiate, being able to have challenging conversations and give constructive feedback.  Work collaboratively with internal and external customers and suppliers
  • Able to reflect on own performance, identifying and acting on learning and development needs. Ability to understand impact on others.  Can manage stress and personal well-being, and confident in knowing core values and drivers
  • Able to create personal development plan, and use widely recognised tools and techniques to ensure the management of time and pressure effectively, and prioritisation and strategic alignment of activities
  • Use evidence-based tools and ethical approaches to undertake problem solving and critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation to support decision making

Training schedule

During the apprenticeship you will study a Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship program (Level 6) over a 30-month period, plus 3-month endpoint assessment. This will result in the award of a BSc (Hons) Applied Business Management undergraduate degree and CMI Chartered Manager status on completion.

The degree will enable you to develop effective leadership, communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and behaviours to make a real impact in the business. You will also obtain a thorough understanding of business finance, sales and operational strategy and be equipped with skills to address strategic challenges and opportunities within the organisation.

This combination of value-added work and structured training will equip you with the professional skills and experience necessary to become a successful project manager and future business leader.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • 3 other subjects (grade C/4 or above)
  • Maths & English (grade C/4 or above)

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

  • Business (grade C or above)
  • IT (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

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental

About this employer

We are Cummins. We create the power solutions people depend on. It’s what we’ve done for more than 100 years. That history makes us proud, but the future pulls us forward. Everything we do is for a world that's always on. Our customers and our communities are our purpose. Whether they plough fields, mine the earth or run data centres because our customers' world is ever-changing. As a partner, we must be agile in order to keep up and deliver the power and technology they demand.

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Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Possibility of a potential permanent employment through open vacancies.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CORNDEL EDUCATION LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338837.

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Closes in 19 days (Sunday 14 September 2025)

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