Apprentice Project Manager

CPI

Stockton-on-Tees (TS21 3FG)

Closes in 7 days (Thursday 7 May 2026)

Posted on 29 April 2026

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Summary

Our Project Manager Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship lets you earn a salary, gain real-world experience, and graduate with a degree. You’ll work on real projects that support life‑changing innovation, while building skills that will set you up for a long-term career in project management.

• Wage:

  £25,947.47 a year

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• Training course: Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
• Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 5pm and Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm.

  37 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 7 September 2026

• Duration:

  4 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

• To support the project team in preparing and updating project management documentation following CPI’s Project Management process
• To coordinate with and assist project managers in the day-to-day running of projects
• To manipulate and format project data
• To gain approval of, refining and updating project documentation
• To help prepare and maintain communication plans, such as arranging and participating in project meetings
• To help facilitate project progress via interaction with CPI’s functions
• To communicate with internal and external stakeholders across a range of projects
• To have awareness, understanding and support of risk management
• To support the Project Management Office (PMO) as required
• To support and increase awareness of governance practices within projects
• To contribute to the operation of the project teams, supporting the continuous development and improvement of CPI’s Project Management processes
• To support the Project Manager’s with CPI’s Purchase Request System (PRS)
• To understand and support CPI’s project management processes throughout a project lifecycle
• To execute the lessons learnt process to maximise learning for CPI
• To follow up upon the status of actions
• To carry out project administration tasks
• To support project compliance requirements
• Upon completion of the apprenticeship, be proficient in running and delivering a small-sized project meeting to time, quality, and cost requirements 

Where you'll work

CPI, The Neville Hamlin Building
Thomas Wright Way
Sedgefield
Stockton-on-Tees
TS21 3FG

Training

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

Training provider

LEEDS TRINITY 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

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

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
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Physical fitness

About this employer

At CPI we work with our partners to translate inventions into products and processes that enhance health and well-being, protect and improve our environment and increase productivity across industries. With a deep understanding of innovation processes and funding, outstanding technical expertise and industry relevant assets, we enable products and processes to be quickly and cost-effectively brought to market.

After this apprenticeship

Junior Project Manager / Project Coordinator

• Focus: Managing smaller projects or defined workstreams independently
• Responsibilities:
  - Planning and tracking tasks
  - Managing stakeholders on low-risk projects
  - Budget tracking (small-scale)
• Typical timeframe: 0–2 years after apprenticeship

Project Manager

• Focus: Full ownership of projects
• Responsibilities:
  - End-to-end project delivery
  - Budget, risk, and resource management
  - Senior stakeholder engagement

Senior Project Manager

• Focus: Large, complex, or high-risk projects
• Responsibilities:
  - Managing multiple projects
  - Coaching junior PMs
  - Strategic decision-making
• Often requires strong commercial and leadership skills

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000027983.

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Closes in 7 days (Thursday 7 May 2026)

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