Apprentice - Business Analyst: L4 Birmingham, England
Job description
Appointment Basis: Fixed Term
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £16,000
Application Deadline: 8th March 2023
Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet; as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground, and Dublin Luas.
We provide the widest range of smart solutions in the rail market, from innovative high-speed rolling stock, metros and trams to maintenance, modernisation, infrastructure and signalling.
Employing 6000 people, we design and build trains at Derby, the UK’s largest train factory; and operate major sites at Widnes, Crewe, Ilford and Plymouth, and 30 train services depots across the UK and Ireland.
Furthermore, having been selected as part of a joint venture to design, build and maintain the HS2 rolling stock, we have also been shortlisted for the corresponding signalling contract.
Our Signalling and Infrastructure business is underpinned by the winning of framework contracts for Network Rail’s, with a potential value of £750 million and the large Bristol Area Signalling Renewals and Enhancement project and the Leeds Station Capacity Upgrade Programme.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a world leading engineering company where you will be working alongside qualified and experienced staff. We have a well-established and long-term apprenticeship programme through which we offer strong continuous development opportunities, together with significant levels of support, mentoring and coaching.
Joining us means becoming a vital part of a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide.
The Opportunity:
This role is based at our Birmingham site.
You can join a world leading engineering company where you will work be working alongside the Planning Team to support them in the development and maintenance of project programmes, establish and update project progress against plan and carry out analysis of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Over an 18-month programme, you will combine academic college studies with real life work-based experience across our organisation. You will be involved in assisting with the preparation and maintenance of integrated and co-ordinated project programmes, and will be responsible for collecting project progress information, using Primavera P6 Planning software, MS Excel and other tools to track and measure progress.
Your day to day activities can also include:
- Assist in developing comprehensive, logic linked, project programmes for UK SS&I projects incorporating resource planning, materials planning, cost-loading and earned value forecasting and reporting.
- Work with all disciplines to ensure that project progress is accurately captured and reported through the programme.
- Assist with monitoring the programmes against baseline to maintain accurate earned value and resource data for internal and external purposes.
- Work with the Head of Planning and Planning Managers in the production and maintenance of dashboard reporting – tracking KPIs at project, portfolio and business level.
- Travel when required to other sites across the country.
- Occasional weekend/bank holiday cover for any major commissionings.
Requirements of the role:
- 3x A Levels or equivalent including Business, Computer Science or IT, or a BTEC National Diploma in Business/IT
- 5x GCSEs at Grades 5-9 including English and Maths
The candidate must also be highly proficient in IT, with the right attitude and adherence towards safety is highly important. They should also be able to demonstrate a logical way of thinking and be very strong at analysing information from multiple sourcs, with strong communication skills both written and verbal.
As part of the application process, you will need to answer a series of mandatory questions; please allocate a few minutes in going through them and answering, as they are the first shift out step. If you have successfully completed your application, a follow up e-mail will come through in a few days, explaining in detail the next steps of the selection process (online test, online interview, Assessment Centre), together with approximate timelines for each.
We wish you the best of luck for all the steps and look forward to getting to know you!
We value inquisitive, innovative and motivated people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable.
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. We aim to have a welcoming and inclusive environment for individuals, of different ages, genders, ethnicities, disability, LGBT, religion and/or belief
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