Apprentice- Level 4 Project Management Birmingham

At HS2 we offer a two-year apprenticeship programme, providing you with the opportunity to stretch and challenge yourself whilst we support you to implement your learning. Our Apprenticeships enable you to build project management experience across the HS2 project.   

We have a total of x4 apprenticeship opportunities available in Birmingham – with the requirement to travel to various site locations across the HS2 line of route. After the assessment stage, we will assign successful candidates accordingly based on business requirements.  

HS2 Apprentices join us in September 2025, where you will have a full Induction into HS2 and meet your apprentice cohort. Our apprentices attend a learning week every 6 months, which is designed to develop core skills, knowledge and behaviours required on the HS2 Project. You will be  are supported by your day-to-day team and the Talent and Development team, where regular team meetings are set up weekly, 1:1’s are provided, and every apprentice is assigned a mentor for their durations as well as a team buddy. 

As a Project Management Apprentice, you’ll transform insight into impact. With real responsibilities, you’ll discover how to organise, plan, and make decisions about how we’ll build the new railway - and transform Britain. You will be supporting project teams to assist with ensuring our delivery partners deliver according to time, cost, quality, safety, and environmental specifications. The various opportunities across the HS2 programme will allow you to be placed into a range of teams including but not limited to, Delivery, Construction, Commercial and our Integrated Project teams. This will allow you to gain the necessary experience to undertake the APM PMQ (Association for Project Management) qualification.  

The Apprenticeship Programme will span over a period of two years, which will involve working at HS2 and studying at a training provider/college.  As part of the apprenticeship, you will gain an internationally recognised Level 4 qualification in Project Management.  

About the role: 

Project Stakeholder Management  

• Support HS2 subject matter experts assigned to assist the delivery of project tasks 
• Liaise with the Project Team, Directorate, and functional teams on a regular basis 

Project Context 

• Support the Project Management Team to assure the management of health, safety and security by the appointed supply chain meets the required standards 

Resource Management 

• Monitor, analyse and advise where appropriate on project in relation to time, cost and resource  

Risk and issue management 

• Work with Project Management Team to identify and analyse project risks, including providing support in the development of contingency plans through appropriate risk management/mitigation strategies. 

Contract administration 

• Support Project Managers to review and manage works information where required 

Reporting 

• Support Project Management Team in the development of routine reports to enable effective decision making 

Accountabilities: 

• Accountable for meeting deadlines as agreed with the placement manager 
• Accountable for managing time to ensure course work is completed as agreed with the apprenticeship provider 
• Maintaining and recording placement information to support with the apprenticeship qualification 
• Maintaining information as agreed with the placement manager 
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.