Apprentice Project Manager ((Healthcare Projects) – September 2024 start. in London, United Kingdom

Company Description

AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets for governments, businesses, and organizations in more than 150 countries. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, see how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Job Description

Are you willing to learn and work on Healthcare Projects that make the difference and contribute to improve people’s wellness and life? Projects that are always more complex and innovative than the last?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice Project Manager to join our project management consultancy team based in London, to work on Healthcare Projects across London. You will be joining a team of like-minded experts that have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting-edge solutions.

This role will provide you with the possibility to start and develop your career with support from our experienced and expert project management team.

AECOM plays a critical role in the conceptualisation and creation of amazing spaces, delivering projects and buildings that define skylines and communities. AECOM Buildings & Places is made up of dedicated teams delivering projects in Commercial, Residential, Hospitality, Sports Venues, Workplaces, Education, Government and Healthcare.

About Our Team:

We are a true team of proud healthcare professionals with a passion for delivering rewarding projects for our clients. We have proven expertise delivering large, complex new build projects that range from £20m to over £250m. Noteworthy Projects we are currently engaged as Project Managers are:

• New Hillingdon Hospital Redevelopment

• New Moorfield Eye Hospital, Oriel

• UCLH Grafton Way Building (incorporating Proton Beam Therapy Treatment) – as seen on TV

• Whipps Cross Hospital Redevelopment.

Job Summary:

As an Apprentice Project Manager, you will be expected to work with Project Managers or Senior Project Managers to successfully manage and deliver healthcare construction projects.

In addition to our opportunities to experience small healthcare projects, you will also have the ability to work as part of an integrated team on a significant component of a large healthcare project, that will be led by an Associate or Director. With our commitment to development, we would expect you to take the opportunity to learn and develop within the role.

The role would cover the whole project lifecycle from initial inception and business case development, through the design, procurement process, site delivery, commissioning phase and defects management.

This role is for Projects based in London. You will have the opportunity to visit and experience working construction sites, and may be required to sporadically visit our office in Oxford, where our centre of excellence for the Healthcare, Science and Education Sectors is located.

The Project Management Apprenticeship will start September 2024. You will work towards a Project Management / Construction Management degree over 4-5 years, with an additional period to allow you to complete your studies and successfully apply for membership of a chartered professional institution such as RICS, CIOB or APM.

Job Responsibilities:

As an Apprentice Project Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

• Provide support to the Project Lead that has the responsibility of being the primary interface with AECOM clients (New and Existing).

• To provide effective support to Project Managers and / or Senior Project Managers via the project administration process e.g. recording of notes/actions, information trackers/registers, archiving.

• Support the management of the delivery of project management team outputs, in accordance with agreed timescales and quality standards.

• Ensure there has been a sign off of all management information produced by project management teams prior to issue.

• Assist in the delivery of Project Management Commissions.

• To support ‘winning’ clients through the quality of your work outputs, effective communication and demonstration of professional behaviours.

• Be directed by the leadership within project management business and from within your project team.

• Ensure you complete all relevant trainings and progress your University work in line with the agreed timescale.

Qualifications

No relevant experience is required for this role. The position is ideally suited to school leavers at A-Level standard (or equivalent) who can demonstrate:

• Minimum 96 UCAS points (or equivalent).

• Minimum of grade ‘C’ Maths & English GCSE (or equivalent).

• An interest in and desire to pursue a career in Project Management and the Built Environment.

• An aptitude towards good logic, problem solving and strong organisational skills.

• Commitment to continued education and improvement through both on-the-job learning and training opportunities. Willing to learn from more experienced colleagues.

• Ability to work both virtually / remote working and from office / site.

• Ability to work as part of a team.

• Practical, adaptable and enthusiastic.

• English language proficient, holding excellent communication skills.

Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades.

You must have permanent right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Our Development Programme ADVANCE, along with our huge scope of projects across the globe, will challenge and inspire you to make a real difference to the world we live in. Our ADVANCE Programme forms a core part of our business strategy globally, designed to develop the best talent across numerous disciplines to lead our business into the future. We have graduates on our programmes across the UK & Ireland, from over 40 different disciplines, each and every one of them making a tangible difference to the environment we all live and work in.

We will provide you with all the tools and support you need to achieve your professional development ambitions and push you to achieve the highest standards. There will be on-the-job technical development and classroom training where required, and the opportunity to work on live client projects, with significant multi-disciplinary exposure.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: REF28108W

Business Line: B&P – Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Program & Project Management

Work Location Model: On-Site