We support helping you settle in to your new location ensuring you are familiar with the team and have a warm welcome from day 1. There is a member of our Apprentice team at each site, helping you progress, ensuring your study time is protected, enabling access to digital learning as well as opportunities to get involved with the local community and STEM projects, enhance many aspects of each programme.

As you would expect from a globally renowned Company, we offer competitive entry salaries and fully support your academic learning through to qualifications, so there is no need to get into debt. We support helping you settle into your new location ensuring you are familiar with the team and have a warm welcome from day 1. There is a member of our Apprentice team at each site, helping you progress, ensuring your study time is protected, enabling access to digital learning as well as opportunities to get involved with the local community and STEM projects, enhance many aspects of each programme.

Leonardo values people that look to always develop throughout their career and along with an eager willingness to learn, a successful apprenticeship with us involves a drive to deliver results, sometimes from your own initiative, a patience for problem solving, as well as a need to comply with safety instructions and clear process compliance at all times. We view commitment to programme and learning objectives very highly.

Leonardo is an international leader in electronic and information technologies for defence systems, aerospace, data, infrastructures, land security and protection, and sustainable ’smart’ solutions. 

On a Project Management Degree Apprenticeship you will work within the Integrated Project Teams gaining the skills and knowledge to deliver complex projects, utilising strong internal and external customer facing skills. The role will introduce you to all aspects of Project Management including team management, contract status reviews, risk management, lifecycle management and financial management. Working with our experienced project managers you will support project execution and delivery within the Integrated Sensing & Protection line of business. You will engage in a series of placements within different functions or departments in the business to gain a rounded experience and set you up for a final placement in a Project Management role.

You will study with one of our academic partners for completion of a BSc Honours degree in Project Management through a mixture of work based learning, distance learning and attendance at University. This will be achieved by completing the Project Management Apprenticeship standard (ST0411). On successful completion, you will be eligible to become a full member of the Association for Project Management (APM), the Chartered Body for the Profession.

We need people who understand the importance of our Customers and are ready to commit to working in the business, whilst also committing to a 4 year degree programme. At the end of the programme, you will work as a highly qualified member of our Project Management community involved in a variety of world leading products.

Qualifications

You must have (as a minimum) the following qualifications:

3 x A Levels (A*- C) one of which must be English, Maths or a Business related subject

OR

An alternative Level 3 qualification, which must be a business-related subject

AND

GCSE (Grade 4 - 9 / A*- C) in Maths and English

The starting salary for this role is £20,500

How will we support you?

Leonardo values people with a passion for technical analysis, judgement and problem-solving. We reward commitment with a competitive remuneration and flexible benefits package including:

Competitive starting salary

Annual incremental pay increases

33 days holiday and flexible working arrangements

Pension scheme (Contributory)

Cycle to Work initiative

Custom Working Model – supporting health and wellbeing and Inclusion and Diversity

Leonardo is a leader in cybersecurity, and one of the biggest suppliers of defence equipment to the UK MoD. Come and be a part of our community and work with some of the most talented engineers in the UK on some of the most exciting projects around.,