Graduate Trainee Project Manager

**Graduate Trainee Project Manager**
**Location: Coventry (Middlemarch Business Park)**
**Package: Basic Salary up to £26,000 (dependent on experience) plus**
**Bonus & Excellent PLC company benefits**
**Sector: Packaging distribution**
**The Company**
We, the UK’s largest packaging distributor have an exciting opportunity for Graduate to join our IT team based at our Coventry Head Office, taking on a project management role that will offer hands on exposure to an array of different projects. We are a committedequal opportunities employer that champions ‘dignity in the workplace’. Our focus is to provide customers with fully integrated and innovative packaging solutions, augmented by outstanding customer service and our central IT department prides itself on providingfirst class support to the wider group business.
**The Graduate Trainee Project Manager Role**
Macfarlane Packaging are undertaking a wide-ranging program of Digital Transformation which is fundamental to the continued success of the business. We are seeking to add an ambitious Graduate Trainee to our talented team of IT Professionals. The person willbe expected to develop their project management skills with a mixture of formal training and on-the-job experience to become a valued member of the IT team.
Reporting directly to the Group IT Director the post holder will be involved in multiple projects encompassing all areas of Information Technology including infrastructure, telecommunications, web, and cloud solutions as well as business software development.
**Graduate Trainee Project Manager Key Duties**
The post will include developing an understanding of both Waterfall and Agile project methodologies, and the reasons to choose between them for a specific project. As your understanding grows you will be expected to take more of a role in the projects thatthe department are undertaking. We will support and encourage you to develop your skills and experience in the following areas
- Project planning
- Project reviews
- Resource allocation
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Contingency planning
- Project documentation
- Testing
**Do you have the correct profile?**
**Our Benefits**
We provide a competitive basic starting salary and operate a range of rewarding bonus/incentive schemes. Our flexible employee benefits can include: -- 25 days annual leave (rising to 27 days with service) plus all public/bank holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Free parking at many of our site locations
- Range of company cars or cash allowance (including electric) for qualifying roles
- Employee assistance program to support & advise with well-being & any issues
- Extensive range of training/development & potential progression opportunities
- Employee discount scheme (discounts on several major retail/leisure brands)
- Simply Health/Dental Cover option or BUPA cover for qualifying roles
- Tax free childcare (TFC) scheme
- Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
- Long service awards (5-40 years)
- Charitable giving options
- Financial support with eye-tests/purchasing glasses (DSE users only)
- O2 Mobile discount scheme (up to 25% off)
Macfarlane Group is also dedicated to maximizing every employee’s potential, by providing career development plans and pathways in an environment that fosters personal growth and continuous improvement.
**How to apply/next steps**
NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE
Keywords
Digital Transformation, Waterfall and Agile project methodologies, IT project management, graduate, trainee, project planning, project reviews, risk identification and mitigation, contingency planning, Dynamics