Apprentice Planner - London

NG BAILEY GROUP LIMITED

London (EC4A 4AB)

Closes in 21 days (Friday 6 March 2026)

Posted on 10 February 2026

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Summary

Are you looking to kick start your career as a Planner? Do you want to work on exciting projects that challenge you daily? We have exciting opportunities for enthusiastic people to join our engineering team. Here you will learn from the industry’s best, managing plans on large scale construction projects.

Wage

£22,000 a year

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Training course
Project controls technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, working hours are between 07:00am- 17:30pm, shift dependent on the project.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Wednesday 26 August 2026

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

  • Create and manage detailed plans and schedules for a variety of construction projects, using industry leading project management software
  • Collect and manage data in specialist planning and project management software to produce forecasts and completion plans
  • Produce project performance reports which measure progress against project targets and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
  • Attend and contribute to planning and progress meetings
  • Work across different departments in our Engineering division to get a clear understanding of the business

Where you'll work

20 Farringdon Street
London
EC4A 4AB

Training

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

Training provider

T3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LTD

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

  • You will train at one of the top performing colleges or training providers in the country
  • Level 3 Project Controls Technician Apprenticeship
  • Block release at college
  • You will regularly attend in house training and development as part of the programme

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4 or above)
  • Maths (grade C/4 or above)
  • Science (grade C/4 or above)

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Excellent timekeeping
  • Are keen to learn
  • Safety Conscious

Other requirements

  • Work indoors, outdoors and occasionally at height
  • Be prepared for early starts and travel away from home when necessary

About this employer

NG Bailey is the UK's leading independent engineering and services business. Our vision is ‘to be the best – creating exceptional environments for present and future generations’. We work across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, and our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects. Our company has two divisions, Engineering and Services, which together we bring buildings and infrastructure to life.

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Company benefits

  • Pension and employer contribution
  • Personal Wellbeing/Volunteer days
  • Life Assurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Discounted gym memberships

After this apprenticeship

  • Once qualified there is the potential of a permanent position within the company
  • If you successfully gain a permanent position there are many opportunities to advance your career 

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

T3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000013024.

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Closes in 21 days (Friday 6 March 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.