Industrial Placement Project Management

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

12/6/2024

Job Description

Do you want to work on real-time projects alongside leading scientists and engineers within a globally renowned company?

Leonardo is an international leader in electronic and information technologies for defence systems, aerospace, data, infrastructures, land security and protection, and sustainable ’smart’ solutions. We are looking to recruit Industrial Placement Project Manager to join our team in September 2025.

The Opportunity

Leonardo’s Industrial Placement programme offers a paid placement (£25,000) to develop your knowledge and skills you require to become an engineering or business professional of the future.

On our programme you will engage with challenging and exciting project work, and deliver innovative business or technical solutions as part of a team of subject matter experts. Throughout the programme you will receive coaching and support from your team to achieve your objectives as well as your personal development goals. You will gain a wide array of experience on your placement that you can apply to your academic studies and future career.

At Leonardo we value individuals who continuously demonstrate a dedication to their personal development, and successful completion of an Industrial Placement with Leonardo can lead to an offer on our Graduate Development Programme. We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are willing to take on a challenge to fill our industrial placement roles, and we will demand a high degree of customer focus and work performance from you in order to meet our operational challenges. If you are willing able to commit to giving your best performance, you will find Leonardo a very rewarding place to work!

What you will do as an Industrial Placement Project Manager

• You will be working in our Integrated Sensing and Protection line of business, based in Southampton. The line of business designs, integrates and supplies Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) & Force Protection electronic products and systems. We work at all stages of the lifecycle from research and development, through to production and support. We work closely with partners, suppliers and customers to deliver the best outcomes.
• You will get a chance to put your learning and knowledge into practice. During the placement you will experience a range of projects, from technical design to multi-million pound production, with the ability to experience a variety of projects through their lifecycle - bid and capture, project initiation, delivery, repairs and customer support.
• You will be immersed within a multi-functional Integrated Project Team (IPT) to gain an understanding of the day-to-day life of a project manager; by the end of the placement you will be equipped with practical experience to support your ongoing development.
  
  

Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required

All of our Industrial Placement roles require you to be currently studying a relevant degree discipline such as Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, or other STEM subject degrees.

We will consider any degree subject and have a preference for Engineering, other STEM subjects, Business or Project Management.

We like our Project Management placement students to be

• Good communicators – both written and verbal
• Able to use all Microsoft Office applications
• Analytical problem solvers with the ability to think laterally
• Pro-active and results driven with a "can do" attitude
  
  

Please note that in order to apply for this opportunity you must be eligible for UK Security Clearance. Normally this is to the level of Security Check (typically known as “SC”) for our business which includes having a minimum of five years permanent residency in the UK.

Life at Leonardo

With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people

• Flexible Working Flexible hours with possibility of some hybrid working.
• Company funded flexible benefits Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
• Holidays 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
• Pension Award winning pension scheme (up to 15% employer contribution)
• Wellbeing Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
• Lifestyle Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Training Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Referral Incentive You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
  
  

To find out about all of our Company benefits please visit http //www.uk.leonardocompany.com/people-careers/people/company-benefits

At Leonardo, we are strongly committed to supporting all our people, and, as society and the environment we work in changes, our approach to Inclusion and Diversity continues to evolve and adapt to reflect this. A culture of inclusion goes on to create an environment for greater collaboration, innovation and opportunities to develop as an organisation. If you are willing and able to commit to giving your best performance, you will find Leonardo a very rewarding place to work!

What are you waiting for?

Leonardo is one of the biggest suppliers of defence equipment to the UK MoD, come and be a part of a community and work with some of the most talented engineers in the UK on some of the most exciting projects around!

Don’t delay – these roles attract high competition so APPLY NOW to avoid disappointment.a

Primary Location

GB - Southampton

Contract Type

Fixed term

Hybrid Working

Hybrid