Project Management Apprentice - Level 6 - Central Rivers
ALSTOM TRANSPORT UK LIMITED
Barton Under Needwood (DE13 8ES)
Closes in 21 days (Friday 30 January 2026)
Posted on 8 January 2026
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Summary
To be part of and support the project management community within Alstom who are responsible for end-to-end delivery of a project or subset of a project dependent on the complexity and criticality to the business. The project management team work with a cross-disciplinary team to deliver the project to time, cost and quality requirements.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
- Training course
- Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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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 Project Management Apprenticeship gives you the chance to be part of and support the project management community within Alstom who are responsible for end to end delivery of a project or subset of a project dependent on the complexity and criticality to the business. The project management team work with a cross-disciplinary team to deliver the project to time,cost and quality requirements.
However, your day to day activities will vary and can include:
- Supporting customer interface management
- Organic growth of opportunities on existing contracts (volume, product or VO)
- Bid support to the Commercial and Bids Teams
- Support the management of product P&L
- Support the order receipt and lead for engineering and CI at product launch
Where you'll work
Central Rivers
Barton Under Needwood
DE13 8ES
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY
Training course
Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Governance Frameworks: Lead and take responsibility for the project management plan as required by the governance structure. Apply techniques and project management methodologies as appropriate, dependent upon project complexity and criticality to the organisational environment in which a project is being delivered. Maintain, review and communicate a project business case for approval through the stages of a typical project lifecycle ensuring continued value for money and continued alignment with organisational objectives.
- The Business Environment: Identify and analyse the context, opportunities and challenges presented by projects in a range of organisational settings, appreciating the differences within both large and small organisations and in different industry sectors and the consequent need for tailoring. Identify the operating constraints that apply to projects including ethical, legal and regulatory considerations. This may include the green economy and the impacts of strategies for achieving net carbon zero by 2050.
- Stakeholder and communications management: Lead and take responsibility for the identification and analysis of internal and external stakeholders and their impact on the project. Manage an effective project communication plan across stakeholders with different cultural and physical barriers. Analyse information and communicate with stakeholders incorporating elements of feedback to understand and measure the effectiveness of planned communications. Effectively listen and influence others through negotiation and persuasion.
- Control of projects in terms of time, cost and quality: Manage the project within the constraints of time, cost and quality. Control expenditure and produce status reports as required, including control of costs against budgets, forecasting, and establishing performance indicators as required by funding sources. Measure progress and actual costs against plans to determine a full understanding of project performance. Identify, achieve and maintain quality standards appropriate to the context and specific requirements of project activities.
- Risk Management: Ensure that project risks, opportunities and issues are addressed using quantitative and qualitative methods to categorise risks and their impacts. Identify, evaluate and implement appropriate mitigation strategies, ensuring that mitigation actions are incorporated into the project plan and are implemented should they develop into issues. Manage risk through the regular review of a risk management plan, adopting appropriate strategies to manage both threats and opportunities.
- Commercial and Contract management: Maintain and evaluate different commercial contract and procurement types to select appropriate options for specific programmes and projects. Support effective contract management and the achievement of programme and project outcomes.
- Project Change Control: Dependent upon the size and complexity of a project, define and apply a recognised process to manage change in projects. Make effective decisions in the interests of a range of stakeholders with regards to change requests. Handle change within different project management methodologies.
- Schedule Management: Evaluate requirements and methods for data capture and analysis in a project environment. Evaluate project schedule integrity including identification and resolution of scheduling problems. Apply resource acquisition and management techniques to balance programme and project needs against resource demand. Negotiate the allocation and scheduling of internal and external resources to meet programme and project demands.
Training schedule
- You will complete the Level 6 Project Management degree apprenticeship with York St John's University
- You will attend workshops at the York campus
- Apprentices will achieve either a BA or BSc Honours degree in Project Management. Apprentices are required to achieve an International Project Management Association (IPMA) Level D qualification or equivalent, prior to taking the end point assessment
- Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- 5 subjects inc, Maths, English, IT and Science (grade 4-9)
- 5 Subjects including Maths, English & Science, IT (grade 4 to 9)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- You are a good team leader
- You can work under pressure
About this employer
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars. Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet; as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas. We provide the widest range of smart solutions in the rail market, from innovative high-speed rolling stock, metros and trams to maintenance, modernisation, infrastructure and signalling.
http://www.alstom.com (opens in new tab)
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
- Alstom offer learning and opportunities that include reaching chartered status if the candidate is suitable and the business need exists
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004583.
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Closes in 21 days (Friday 30 January 2026)
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