Project Controls Apprentice

at  Leonardo UK Ltd

THE OPPORTUNITY:

Leonardo offers a range of Apprenticeships from 2-4yrs. across a variety of STEM and business routes, offering paid training, coupled with on the job learning that enables you to gain practical skills, experience and knowledge that sets up the best start to your career.
Whether leaving School or College with GCSEs/Standards, A ‘Levels/Highers (or equivalent) or in work and looking for a new career path, you are fully supported as you rotate within the business working on real-time projects alongside highly skilled professionals who are passionate about their work.
As you would expect from a globally renowned Company, we offer competitive starting salaries and fully support your academic learning through to qualifications, so there is no need to get into debt. We support helping you settle into your new location ensuring you are familiar with the team and have a warm welcome from day 1. There is a member of our Early Careers team at each site, helping you progress, ensuring your study time is protected, enabling access to digital learning as well as opportunities to get involved with the local community and STEM projects, enhance many aspects of each programme.
Leonardo values people that look to always develop throughout their career and along with an eager willingness to learn, a successful apprenticeship with us involves a drive to deliver results, sometimes from your own initiative, a patience for problem solving, as well as a need to comply with safety instructions and clear process compliance at all times. We view commitment to programme and learning objectives very highly.
Leonardo is an international leader in electronic and information technologies for defence systems, aerospace, data, infrastructures, land security and protection, and sustainable ’smart’ solutions. We are a continually expanding company, offering exciting opportunities to talented individuals who want to work at the forefront of technology. We hope that is you and look forward to you joining the team!

QUALIFICATIONS

You must have (as a minimum) the following qualifications:
5 GCSE grades 4 - 9 or grades A*- C or equivalent, to include Maths and English

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS A PROJECT CONTROLS APPRENTICE:

Project Controls is a fundamental discipline to the safe and stable execution of projects and achieving business growth. With a focus on scheduling, planning, risk management, resource management, performance metrics and change management, Project Controls provides a unique insight into the execution monitoring and control of Projects and is at the heart of successful delivery performance. A role in Project Controls provides the opportunity to develop and deliver a fundamental understanding of business performance and be an integral part of an Integrated Project Team to secure and deliver successful projects.
The Leonardo Project Controls Apprenticeship is structured around a programme of placements that will see you move around the business within the Project Controls Function (at Luton and Lincoln) over a 3.5 year period and is designed to give you as much experience and exposure to Project Controls practices and different operational contexts as possible. This will help you develop strong core skills of Project Controls whilst also giving you a wider understanding of how a global business operates.
You will also undertake a Level 3 Project Controls Technician qualification over this time to compliment on the job learning alongside internal training to understand and utilise globally recognised tool sets and standards in Project Controls.

During your apprenticeship, you will:

• Grow your knowledge of an engineering business and what the role of a Project Controller means by being part of our Functional and Integrated Project Teams.
• Develop and utilise key skills in Project Controls, understanding key processes, tool sets and methodologies.
• Support early careers activities - our apprentices have the opportunity to work as STEM ambassadors in schools, colleges and universities