Projects Placement

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Projects Placement

We have an opportunity for an undergraduate to join our team in Middlesbrough. This will be an interesting and challenging 12 month placement beginning at the start of June/July 2025

We welcome enthusiasm and innovation to improve and challenge current methods and procedures.

As the year progresses you are given the opportunity to increase responsibility and autonomy to gain the most from your placement year.

A Project Support Assistant is part of the Project Management Support Team and create, upload and overview the complete life cycle of Project Purchase Requisitions. This involves liaison with the Project and Procurement teams, sub-contractors and suppliers. As part of the Project Support Team, they may also be required to undertake tasks for other members of the team involving Document Control and Project Administration.

Basic Tasks:

• Coordinate most activities related to the creation of SAP Project Requisitions
• Undertake the call-off of items from existing supplier Long Term Agreements
• Co-ordinate the call-off of long term Purchase Orders
• Generate the various reports as required.
• Obtain clarification of any questions & queries from Finance and Customer Services in Milan re. invoices.
• Goods Receipting – ensuring that procured items are received in good order and evidence is obtained and posted.
• You may also undertake Project Administration tasks as instructed by the Head of Projects.

Who We Are Looking For?

An individual who has:

• Self discipline
• Ability to keep clear and accurate records and reports
• Ability to communicate / present in a clear and logical manner
• General computer skills essential with knowledge of Excel and Word
• Ability to organise workload and to manage filing methods and management techniques.

We will expect a professional attitude to work and a willingness to learn and take initiative.

About Prysmian Group

Come and join the world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry where your talents and enthusiasm can make a difference.

 28,000+ employees. 52 Countries. 100+ plants worldwide. One mission: making our mark in the energy transition and digitalisation of our communities around the world. This is what unites our people across teams and geographies – we are all striving to build a more sustainable future.

Prysmian in the UK

With over 100 years of history in the UK, we have an established headquarters in Eastleigh near Southampton, 3 additional manufacturing sites in Wrexham, Aberdare and Washington to help better serve our UK and export markets and a further site in Middlesbrough. Prysmian supplies cables and systems to a wide range of customers in the UK, including utilities, telecom operators, and the construction industry.

In the UK, Prysmian manufactures energy cables from low voltage to extremely high voltage for land applications. Additionally, it is able to offer a comprehensive range of cable accessories for these cables all designed with the cable in mind and therefore offering a robust system.

Prysmian UK can offer turnkey submarine cables and installation services as well as a comprehensive range of industrial cables for such applications as: mining, cranes, wind turbines and rail applications. At lower voltages, Prysmian's comprehensive range of building wires and power cables are available through a first-class network of wholesalers and distributors.

Prysmian ranks as one of the world's leading producers of Optical Fibres and Telecommunication Cables. With multiple production facilities worldwide Prysmian supplies a comprehensive portfolio of state-of-the-art products in the telecoms industry including Fibre Systems, Copper Cable, Premises/Data Cable & Connectivity Hardware.

How to apply

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