BAE Systems

Different placements for a year to cover different areas of the business

The apprenticeship involves a number of placement rotations around different parts of the business to develop your skills and knowledge. The final year of the apprenticeship is spent in an exit role, where you continue to develop your skills and knowledge...

As a Degree Project Management Apprentice at BAE Systems, my role combines project support on placements (rotated once a year) with academic study at University of Cumbria. I help plan, coordinate and deliver projects within a complex and regulated engine...

Ensuring the business is on time within budget with good quality- I ensure everyone is spending the same out of money by running spend report/ communicate with everyone involved on the project etc

I am a scheduler within a larger program. I produce presentation slide packs, gantt charts through OnePager and program in Visual Basic Application to aid in automating my work.

This has changed across different placements. Currently this is a project controls oriented placement, involving financial tracking and controls support to a project

enjoy the professional role and experience

I have different 6 month placements in different areas under a specific function across the business.

Overview of the apprenticeship was given but the function that I am currently working within was not decided until I had started the programme. As much detail as possible was given but day-to-day cannot be accurately be detailed as everyone's is different...

Office based work and collaboration between suppliers.

Systems engineering activities

Amazing experience

I look at project proposals, reach out to potential stakeholders to the project and work a plan to determine whether a project is achievable and delivers to programmes demand. I then present at stage gates supported with project documentation in order to...

Job roles and responsibilities change every 3-6 months. As an apprentice, you rotate around different nuclear related departments until you soft exit into a role of your choosing. These roles can be related to technical documents, test and commissioning,...

doing projects relating to quality

I manage my own teams tasking and planning for future activities along side working on multiple systems and various other pieces of work to help my team out.

In my role, I complete day to day activities such as scribing meetings, chasing deadlines and completing packs