Project Controls Apprentice - Bristol – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

You’ll collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists. You’ll be part of progressive and exciting projects, able to experience innovative schemes across all sectors. You’ll advance your career, your way, thanks to our structured Career Paths framework.

Wage

£24,250 a year

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Training course

Project controls technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

3 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

As a Project Controls Apprentice, you’ll be involved in a wide range of tasks that support the successful delivery of our projects. Your day-to-day work will vary depending on the projects you’re supporting, but could include:

Assisting with creating and maintaining project schedules and timelines
Helping track budgets, costs, and resource plans using Excel and project management tools
Supporting the production of reports on project performance (e.g. progress updates, cost forecasts)
Attending project meetings and capturing key actions or decisions
Collaborating with project managers, engineers, and finance teams to gather and check data
Learning how to identify risks or delays and help find solutions
Keeping documentation organised and helping ensure compliance with internal processes
Helping to ensure project outputs meet internal and client requirements through structured processes and documentation

Where you'll work

155 Aztec West
Almondsbury
Bristol
BS32 4UB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

LONDON METROPOLITAN COLLEGE LIMITED

Your training course

Project controls technician (level 3)

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What you'll learn

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 develop and enhance your project controls skills in a variety of applications, including scheduling, cost control, and risk management within multidisciplinary engineering projects
Additional learning support is provided in-house, and you will receive mentoring and supervision throughout your apprenticeship to ensure you gain both confidence and competence in your role
You will receive study leave during term time to attend sessions with your training provider as you work towards your Level 3 Project Controls Technician Apprenticeship. This qualification provides a solid foundation for a career in project controls and can lead to further progression onto higher apprenticeships or related professional qualifications in project management or commercial disciplines
The typical duration for this apprenticeship is 36 months, depending on your prior experience and how quickly you develop the full range of competencies required for completion

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade C or above)
Maths (grade C or above)

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

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

• Genuine interest in developing a career within the sector

About this company

Hoare Lea is an award-winning engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers and technical specialists. We provide innovative solutions to complex engineering and design challenges for buildings. Irrespective of the scale or complexity of a project, we provide a full range of MEP, environmental and sustainability services, bringing buildings to life and ensuring that they perform in operation as well as they look

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Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Project controls
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Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HOARE LEA LLP

Bryony Bain

BryonyBain@hoarelea.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320710.

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Closes on Tuesday 1 July 2025

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Company’s application instructions

You can also email me your CV and covering letter to bryonybain@hoarelea.com

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