Project Controls Apprentice in Luton

Location: Luton
Salary: £14,000 per year
Recruiter: Leonardo
Job Hours: Part-time

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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 from £14,000 to £20,500pa 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

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
  • What we need from you:

    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

    Security Clearance

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    Life at Leonardo

    With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.

  • Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
  • Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
  • Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
  • Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, access to Mental Health support, Financial wellbeing support, network groups (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Reservists, Carers)
  • Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
  • Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
  • Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
  • Referral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
  • Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below

  • About Leonardo


    Leonardo is a global high-tech player in Aerospace, Defence and Security.

    Leonardo plays a strategic role in the industrial development of the countries in which it operates, with a direct presence in five domestic markets (Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Poland, and Israel) and a commercial network extending worldwide.

    Innovation, continuous research, digital industry and sustainability are the cornerstones of its business worldwide, while the company’s 51,000-plus people are the engine driving its growth.

    Stefano Pontecorvo has been the Chairman since 9 May 2023 and Roberto Cingolani has been the CEO and General Manager since 9 May 2023.

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