Business Operations Apprenticeship
L3 Harris Technologies
Gloucester (GL20 8GB)
Closes in 9 days (Wednesday 6 May 2026)
Posted on 27 April 2026
Contents
Summary
During this four-year programme you'll be based within our Business Operations team and will undertake 4-6 rotations across teams such as Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Materials Planning and Environment, Health & Safety, alongside your studies.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday- Thursday 09:00- 18:00
Friday 09:00- 13:00
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Saturday 1 August 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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2
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
In the workplace you’ll be based within our Business Operations team undertaking 4-6 structured rotations, varying in duration, and completing a specific project aligned to your degree course within each rotation. Rotations could include placements within Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Materials Planning and Environment, Health & Safety as well as an additional learning placement in a support team such as Finance, Marketing or HR. Through these rotations you’ll gain a deep understanding of the various teams within Business Operations and the critical work undertaken to ensure our technology meets the highest standards for our customers’ missions.
Where you'll work
Spectra House
5500 Shannon Way
Tewkesbury
Gloucester
GL20 8GB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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
Your training will be completed at the University of Gloucestershire and completed in blocks. You will develop a solid grounding in all aspects of business and management with the opportunity to specialise in a particular area in your second and third years.
More training information
In addition you'll have a nurturing and supportive working environment, and extensive personal development workshops to support your professional growth throughout the programme.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
A Level in:
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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
- Must be willing to undertake Security Clearance
- Must be a UK citizen
About this employer
L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
https://www.l3harris.com/en-gb/united-kingdom (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Half day Friday
- Hybrid working model
- 25 days holiday per year
- Free on-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Extensive mental health and wellbeing schemes
After this apprenticeship
Upon successful completion of the programme, apprentices will be encouraged to apply for an internal vacnacy within the Business Operations team to continue their Level 3 Harris career.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000028535.
Apply now
Closes in 9 days (Wednesday 6 May 2026)
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