Year in Industry - Project Management

at  Severn Trent

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Our Project Management Year in Industry Programme offers the perfect blend of personal and professional development, exposing you to the frontline and the core of our business. Being part of the programme will enable you to spend time in different areas of our capital delivery and engineering teams. Covering all areas of project management such as the end-to-end process of project and programme life cycles, water/waste networks design and delivery, and water/waste treatment asset design and delivery.
A day in the life of a Project Management Graduate at Severn Trent involves a wide variety of activities.

Focusing on task like;

• Reviewing new project proposals and their deliverability.
• Providing advice in line with PMO guidelines.
• Engaging with the Design, Delivery and Commercial teams to agree the best project delivery route.
• Tracking delivery of the projects/programme and escalating issues as and when required.
• Managing and maintain the reporting process.

You’ll get an insight into our water and wastewater treatment, learn about different aspects of our business whilst working on a range of projects which will help address real life challenges and drive tangible change.
We’re not seeking technical knowledge, we’re after the right people. We’re after those with drive, a get up and go attitude, a willingness to learn, passion, and pro-activeness.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

We want people to get stuck in and grow their capability for the long term. You will be coached and mentored throughout your programme learning how to:

• Demonstrate a pro-active attitude to deliver project outcomes – lead meetings, capture outputs and actions, engage project teams and contractors to deliver outputs as outlined in your project plans and lead from the front
• Identify solutions to problems on your projects - seeking to gain support from management as required
• Proactively progress and close project actions - within the required timeframes to progress projects to completion
• Complete contract actions within timescales stated
• Demonstrate and provide confidence to management – in control of your projects, status and planned actions to deliver positive outcomes
• Demonstrate the ability to understand and process technical and non-technical issues, producing plans with clear actions to overcome issues.
• Build a driven mind-set working to overcome challenges seeking solutions - using project stakeholders and your network
• Build personal resilience, robustness and maturity in dealing with unfamiliar or complex situations or with challenging stakeholders. Opportunity to work across multiple projects and programmes within a large capital construction portfolio
• Develop key skills around:
• Project and Programme Management
• Stakeholder and Partnership Management
• Risk and Change Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Critical Thinking
• Managing people
• Schedule and Resource Management

Our New Talent Team will guide you and support you every step of the way. Furthermore, your line manager and mentor will be there to help you in making sure you reach your full potential here at Severn Trent.
Programme Duration: 12 months
Starting Salary: £18,510
Entry Criteria: A Project Management, Construction or Engineering degree or similar relevant discipline in an APM (Association for Project Management) accredited course is preferred.
Travel is required with this role as our design teams work from multiple offices and site visits are an important part of the job. Therefore its important you hold a full UK driving license and have access to a vehicle.
Typical contracts are 37 hours per week, however there may be flexibility around the structure of your working hours, team and line manager dependent.

Please refer the Job description for details