About the Role:
This exciting apprenticeship will give you the skills, experience and knowledge to become a highly specialised Asset Manager within the Services team.
Your responsibilities may include:
- Support demand and requirements analysis
- Monitor asset performance
- Support provisioning activities
- Data quality, management and reporting
- Process and governance compliance
- Stakeholder engagement
- Continuous improvement
- Documentation management
What You Will Learn:
Throughout the apprenticeship, you will gain experience and knowledge in:
- Asset Management principles - understanding the asset lifecycle from acquisition and introduction to service, through repair, maintenance, support and disposal
- Asset data and systems - maintaining records, configurations, and using asset management systems and tools effectively
- Data analysis - identifying trends, demand, availability issues, risks and opportunities
- Provisioning and spares - how repairs and spare requirements are determined, loaded, tracked and reported
- Asset performance - using measures such as turnaround time, availability, resource and stock levels to assess performance
- Process and governance - understanding why standardised processes, controls and governance matter and how to work within them
- Reporting and presentations - turning data into meaningful reports, dashboards and recommendations
- Problem solving and continuous improvement - identifying root causes, investigating issues and driving improvements
- Stakeholder management - building confidence working with multiple stakeholders
- Commercial and customer awareness - understanding how decisions support contractual requirements and business objectives
- Risk management - identifying, assessing and escalating availability and support risks
- Professional skills - communication, organisation, prioritisation, teamwork and project management skills
Training
Apprenticeship Programme:
You will study towards a Level 4 Asset Manager Apprenticeship with Teesside University.
Delivered over 2 years, via a virtual delivery model, this programme will introduce you to the foundations of asset management including optimising performance, minimising costs, driving sustainability, enhancing decision making and meeting regulatory standards. This apprenticeship has been accredited by the Institute of Asset Management.
What happens at the end
Secure a permanent role from day one at the start of your apprenticeship.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
Qualifications
- GCSE 5 GCSE's Including English and Maths (grade 9-4 (A-C) - essential
- A Level 3 A Level's including Maths (grade Grade A-C / 64 UCAS points) - essential
Key details
- Wage: £24,000 a year
- Working week: Monday - Friday, 37-hours a week (8-hours Monday - Thursday, 5-hours Friday), exact working hours TBC.
- Hours: 37 hours per week
- Duration: 2 Years
- Start date: 2027-09-06
- Closing date: 2027-02-17
- Apprenticeship standard: Asset manager (level 4)
- Training provider: TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY
About the employer
Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.
2027 Asset Management Apprentice - Cheadle in Stockport employer: Thales Group
Thales is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the heart of Crawley. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we provide extensive training opportunities, competitive benefits including private medical insurance and annual bonuses, and a supportive environment where your contributions directly impact the future of technology. Join us to be part of a team that values diversity, encourages creativity, and prioritises ethical AI solutions.
