Higher Project Management Apprentice at CGI

Higher Project Management Apprentice

Lauren Girdwood

Business Operations

Higher Level Apprenticeship

CGI

Your usual working day

Working on the 10 day payment plan for our SME’s with the City of Edinburgh Council contract, managing the community benefits projects times and deadlines, working on and updating our opportunities management tracker for City of Edinburgh Council and emailing and gathering data from our suppliers, other members for reporting and feedback to my managers.

What you enjoy most about working for CGI

The atmosphere within the office and our teams, everyone is so friendly with one another and everyone has a different bond with different members, the work gets done due to the high staff morale and relationships that we all have. There’s always someone there willing to give you a helping hand when you need it.

Your top tip for someone considering the CGI and the programme you joined on e.g. SDP

Be yourself because the qualities you portray are beneficial to us at CGI, every member within our company has different strengths and weaknesses but whatever you bring to the team is a huge benefit. CGI is a great company to work for and the staff are more than welcoming and helpful.