Apprentice Project Manager
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Company: CPI
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Location: Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3FG
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £25,947.47 per year
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Sector: Business and administration
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Ref: NAS-2000027983
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Application Deadline Date: 07/05/2026
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Start Date: 07/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 5pm and Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Brief Description
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.
Future Prospects
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
Vacancy Detail
- 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