Summary
Joining our Capital Delivery team, you’ll undergo a formal apprenticeship through workplace learning that will equip you be a crucial part of the team. Project Controls is a key profession in the exciting world of delivering construction projects. It helps organisations to make sure they are doing the right projects and are doing them right.
Wage
£21,500 a year
You’ll also receive 24 days holiday, pension and other benefits.
Training course
Project controls technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, hours TBC.
36 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
2 years 4 months
Positions available
3
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Project Controllers are a crucial part of a project team, making sure that projects are running to plan and that where they’re not, the problems are identified, and the right actions are taken.
Project Controls is a key profession in the exciting world of delivering construction projects. It helps organisations to make sure they are doing the right projects and are doing them right.
You will be:
* Controlling the scope of a project – controlling change
* Ensuring that the project’s deliverables fulfil their requirements – controlling quality
* Ensuring that activities happen on time – scheduling
* Ensuring the work is performed within budget – cost control
* Managing risks
* Managing problems and identifying issues (and obtaining external help to resolve them)
* Making sure that the project leads to benefits for the organisation
This is a great opportunity to learn the essential skills that are already in high demand across the industry and will set you on the path to your future career.
Where you’ll work
Clearwater Court
Vastern Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 8DB
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
LONDON METROPOLITAN COLLEGE LIMITED
Your training course
Project controls technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
* Develop work breakdown and coding structures to meet the scope laid out in the projects’ technical information and specification, ensuring that the controls will monitor project progress and performance accurately.
* Manage data: source, retrieve, check, edit, format, record and analyse data – using it to create relevant time, cost and resource reports.
* Estimate: develop cost estimates for defined scopes of work, create appropriate benchmarks, analyse quotes from sub- contractors and suppliers, and input to tenders and the early stages of projects.
* Schedule and plan: break down the scope into activities to create a logical linked control schedule to input to the development of outline and integrated plans and baseline schedules; identify critical milestones; gather accurate progress data for controlling the schedule; and monitor progress.
* Cost engineer and control: prepare control budgets, carry out cost control activities, gather and interpret cost data, monitor progress on a regular basis, interpret trends and forecasts; keep in line with contractual requirements, maintain baselines; ensure accurate reporting and control.
* Monitor progress/performance and analyse data: associated with milestones, schedules, progress, manpower, resource and costs; undertake earned value analysis, create progress reports and identify variances from plan and likely consequences if no corrective action is taken.
* Use computer based technology: model potential trends and resource use etc. using the right software package for the right task.
* Problem solve: recommend early corrective actions to reduce variances, identify issues and risks, present and maintain related action plans and contingencies.
* Effectively communicate: with good interpersonal skills and share the right information with the right people in an appropriate format to enable effective project control.
* Input to project closeout: generate key benchmarks and outturns including lessons learnt.
* Observe and apply professional ethics, and maintain a duty of care.
* Apply safety in the context of the role: comply with relevant national and international health, safety and environmental requirements.
* Work in accordance with company management systems, policies and procedures: especially those relating to quality, data security, risk, change and document management.
Your training plan
* You will achieve the Level 3 Project Controls Technician Apprenticeship Standard
* Level 3 Diploma in Project Control Practice
* Learning Techniques through workplace learning and bi-weekly college days which is delivered virtually
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
* English (grade 4)
* Maths (grade 4)
A Level in:
* C (grade Equivalent 48 UCAS points)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Team working
* Logical thinker
* Focused
* Well organised
* Time management
* Dedication to succeed