Project Management Degree Apprentice Review

On a day to day basis i create lots of financial reports, project plans and deliver customer calls, ensuring the project team i am working in, is on track, meeting the quality requirements and within budget. Alongside my day to day tasks i get opportunities to work with other teams such as engineers, risk management, procurement and quality assurance, giving me a large oversight of the endless possibilities and how the project runs within a bigger picture.

Everyday I learn new skills and develop my existing ones, whether this be through the continuous training courses, the support from my team and more knowledgeable members or the various opportunities given to me within placement, through stretch opportunities or university modules. Since starting i have come miles and not only professionally but on a personal level aswell.

I enjoy my programme profusely, there is always new opportunities arsing for me to get stuck into, the workplace is fun and interactive, my team and skills coaches support is unbeatable, allowing me to take all new opportunities and work around issues when they arise, with university we are supported by work and the lecturers throughout, allowing me to balance my working, university and personal life.

From day 1 there is a structured plan in place outlining what the university will be delivering each year, what placement rotation we will be doing and the training courses we will be doing each year such as the APM PMQ, allowing us to plan ahead and take all extra opportunities that are given to us.

I have recieved great support from my employer, when having person issues arise in my life my employer supported me through the hard time, giving me time off whilst still allowing me to keep the job and not fall behind in my studies or work. Everyone has been understanding and puts our personal health first before work allowing us to feel comfortable and valued by the company.

From our training provider we attend university one day a week during term times which is where the module content is delivered, we have daily access to our lecturers if we need anything from them with a 24 hour reply period and have great library and facilities to utilise to help us. We also get time off work alongside the university day if our workloads for university are a lot allowing us to have a work-life balance.

There are lots of transferable skills and knowledge i have developed through attending and learning the university modules which can be shown through my work placement, whether that be a deeper understanding about processes or team and leadership skills, the fundamentals i have developed have given me a base which helps me understand things better so i can develop and get on with work quicker.

There are many social aspects of work, we have early career socials which we do once a month, sometimes being a big lunch together or an evening out, and there are many wider work team socials such as when visiting different sites we have meals out and occasionally go and do something such as mini golf, we have Christmas and summer work party where you can network with an even wider community and there are many sports teams to join within the company.

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I believe the way we are valued, the support we receive and the opportunities given to us are amazing and would be hard to find elsewhere especially with the share schemes and pension schemes alongside work. I have found my first 2 years very enjoyable, rewarding and from day one have felt like a valued member of each team I've been in giving me a great sense of community and actually enjoy going to work everyday.

My main tip would be yourself, you don't need great grades or need to know everything, as long as you can show you are determined and willing to try hard, BAE will be more than happy to bring you on the journey and work alongside to develop your skills and knowledge to make you great in whatever field you choose.