Project Controls Apprentice

ACRASTYLE LTD

CUMBRIA (LA12 9DP)

Closes tomorrow (Saturday 4 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 2 October 2025

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Summary

This apprenticeship at Acrastyle Ltd is a chance to kick-start your career in engineering. You’ll get hands-on experience along with learning and growing in the engineering field. While learning from skilled professionals in a supportive team. It’s a practical, engaging role where you’ll build valuable technical and problem-solving skills.

Wage

£15,507.70 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Project controls technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Thursday, 07:45 - 16:30. Friday, 07:45 - 12:15.

39 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 6 October 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

  • Communication of project critical information to internal and external stakeholders
  • Liaise between departments to resolve and help progress slow-moving projects
  •  Assisting Project Coordinator with individual tasks (under supervision) which may include (but not limited to): Preparation of project programmes, completing and submitting order acknowledgements, kit building, price checking, holiday cover and delivery logistics. 

Where you'll work

NORTH LONSDALE RD
ULVERSTON
CUMBRIA
LA12 9DP

Training

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

Training provider

GENII ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LIMITED

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.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Mathematics (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

Acrastyle is an engineering company, based in Ulverston, Cumbria, that designs, manufactures, and supplies high-voltage sub-station protection and control equipment for utilities, industry, and the renewables sector worldwide, including Portable Relay Rooms

https://acrastyle.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Upon completion the candidate will be considered subject to performance.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GENII ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342851.

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Closes tomorrow (Saturday 4 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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