Student Placement - Projects

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.

Prysmian , as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We strongly believe that diversity brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increasing the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and stakeholders. With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture, Prysmian is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, included, and free to fully express their potential just as they are.

All Managers and HRs in Prysmian are responsible for ensuring DE&I policies are respected during the recruiting process, as well as recognizing and mitigating unconscious biases that must not influence our selection processes. All persons will be considered for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, origin, citizenship status, socio-economic status, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, parental leave, medical conditions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Prysmian will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation for any disclosed physical or neurological condition or disability of a qualified applicant unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Visit our DE&I Page to learn more about Prysmian's commitments.

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