Apprentice Facilities Project Management
Safran
Wolverhampton (WV10 7EH)
Closes in 25 days (Friday 6 February 2026)
Posted on 7 January 2026
Contents
Summary
Wolverhampton Actuation Systems is currently undertaking a major transformation activity whilst stepping up the level of facilities maintenance support on site. We are working towards a future building layout optimising our machines and process flow; helping us meet our increasing customer demands.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
- Training course
- Associate project manager (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday 8.00 to 4.45pm.
Friday 8.00 to 12noon.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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2 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
We have numerous exciting projects in all areas of the business many demanding installation and overhaul of building services, civils works, and machine/ equipment moves to reach the end goal. During this period of transformation all site documentation will need to be kept up to date to ensure the sites continued compliance from an EH&S and regulatory standpoint.
The right person must be able to work on multiple projects simultaneously, interact with other teams, suppliers, and value streams.
What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?
- Facilities installation you will take an active role in the implementation of various projects in support of the sites transformational goal. Key activities
- Installation of plant and equipment
- Refurbishment of building services/ modernisation
- Electrical, wiring and switchgear
- Data connections
- Comfort F-Gas
- Plumbed services, potable water, compressed air, gas, sprinklers
- Access control
- Produce drawings and designs of future layouts to scope and compliance
- Coordinate of factory installation projects, from design, feasibility, CAPEX, implementation, and final review/ sign off
- Contractor coordination, supplier selection, oversight (EH&S, RAMS as well as reviewing progression) and final sign off works
Where you'll work
Stafford Road
Wolverhampton
WV10 7EH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
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
Training will be delivered by the training provider.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this employer
In the United Kingdom, Safran Aerospace designs, develops, manufactures and supports a comprehensive range of solutions for ministries of defence, integrators, aircraft manufacturers, airlines, business-jet operators and many other customers worldwide. We help make military missions more effective, pilots more aware and flights safer and more enjoyable. We are strongly committed to investing in the UK, where Safran Aerospace provides a workforce that adds value to the UK economy and supports the extended supply chain. We create our own intellectual property and contribute to the exportation of aerospace and defense products and systems outside Europe. Through our collaboration with the European aerospace and defense industrial base, including small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-caps, Safran Aerospace in the UK brings affordable and disruptive technologies and capabilities to the collective development, competitiveness and security interests of Europe. World-class facilities combine with a dedicated and talented workforce from across the UK to create a single-minded commitment: redefining aerospace in ways that expand what our customers can achieve.
After this apprenticeship
Qualified in Project Management.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000007060.
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Closes in 25 days (Friday 6 February 2026)
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