Apprentice Programme Development Partner
You can be based: Manchester, Dartford, Worksop
Laing O'Rourke is looking for an experienced Apprenticeship Programme Development Partner to help shape, deliver, and continuously improve our apprenticeship offer across the business.
This role plays a key part in ensuring apprentices receive excellent learning, the right support from line managers, and clear pathways to progression. You'll work closely with training providers, apprentices, and internal stakeholders to make sure programmes are compliant, future‑focused, and aligned to business needs.
What you'll do
- Manage the full apprenticeship journey from onboarding to successful completion and progression
- Develop and improve apprenticeship programmes to meet future skills needs
- Build strong relationships with training providers, holding regular progress and performance meetings
- Ensure apprentices are supported on programme, including working with line managers to keep training plans (PAPs) on track
- Monitor apprentice progress using data and feedback to proactively address risks
- Ensure compliance with apprenticeship legislation, funding rules, and governance requirements
- Deliver and support apprenticeship development modules (currently run in Dartford)
- Coach, mentor, and guide apprentices and stakeholders throughout the programme
What we're looking for
- Strong knowledge of apprenticeship programmes, legislation, levy, and governance
- Experience managing apprentices and working closely with training providers (training provider background welcomed)
- Confident stakeholder manager, able to balance multiple relationships and priorities
- Data‑driven approach to monitoring performance and continuous improvement
- Passion for early careers and developing future talent
Desirable
- Experience within construction or engineering
- Familiarity with early careers or skills‑based environments
If you enjoy combining strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery and want to play a meaningful role in shaping future careers, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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