Business (Work Package Manager) Apprentice - Cheadle

Level: 4


Employer: THALES UK LIMITED


Location: Dolphin House

This will provide you with a strong understanding and skills in project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and cost controls, enabling you to deliver world-leading solutions to our global customer base. You will utilise cross-functional project management skills that are used across Thales.
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Duration: 2 Years

Expected start date: 07/09/2026

Hours per week: 37 hours

Wage: (Annually)

Job role includes

  • Assist with the creation and maintenance of the integrated schedules for multiple projects
  • Contribute to project reports and attend associated reviews
  • Assist in the reporting of risk & opportunity management
  • Help the team to ensure correct and effective project governance
  • Contribute to Work Package activities and ensure that milestones are achieved on schedule and within budget
  • Operate Thales UK tools to ensure effective management of the project schedule, budgets, risks and opportunities
  • Commit to attend all elements of the apprenticeship, including attendance on virtual training modules, 1-2-1 coaching calls, assignments, exams and mandatory Thales UK training activities to lay the foundations for your contribution to future growth of the business

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Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. We support businesses, organisations, and governments in addressing tomorrow’s major challenges by developing advanced Defence, Security, Cybersecurity, Digital Identity, and Aerospace solutions, in the most sustainable, responsible, and ethical manner.

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  • weighting: Essential
  • qualificationType: GCSE
  • subject: 5 GCSE's Including English and Maths
  • grade: 9-4 (A-C)

Through our higher apprenticeship you’ll be making the most of your talents, getting to understand the Project Management Function from the ground up; and doing so with the help of one of the biggest and best names in the industry.

This is a 2-year programme, working towards the Level 4 Project Manager Associate Apprenticeship standard, with our training provider, The Apprentice Academy. The programme will be delivered via a virtual delivery model, with live virtual workshops and 1-2-1 coaching calls. Upon successful completion of your End Point Assessment, you will roll off into the Thales UK business as a Work Package Manager.

    Upon successful completion of your End Point Assessment, you will roll off into the Thales UK business as a Work Package Manager.

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working

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Duration: 18 months

Expected start date: 28/3/2022

Hours per week: 37.5 hours

Wage: 146.25 (weekly)

Job role includes

  • Explore what an apprenticeship is and how they work.
  • Understand what it means to be an apprentice.
  • Discover different apprenticeship types, get application hints and tips, and apply for vacancies.
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  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills