Project Controls Technician Level 3 Apprentice

Company: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED  |  Address: Clearwater Court  |  Postcode: RG1 8DB  |  Location: Commutable from Milton Keynes

Salary: £22,500 a year

Course: Project controls technician (level 3) — LONDON METROPOLITAN COLLEGE LIMITED
Positions: 2  |  Duration: 2 Years 2 Months  |  Working week: Hours: 36 hours a week across four working days, plus one off-the-job training day, Monday - Friday.  |  Disability Confident employer

Skills Required

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

What You'll Do

Launch your career as a Project Controls Technician Level 3 Apprentice with THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED in the UK. Earn while you learn with hands-on training and a nationally recognised qualification.

What you’ll do:

  • Rotate across key PMO teams to learn reporting, planning, and project controls.
  • Maintain accurate cost, schedule, and performance data in systems like SAP.
  • Support planners building and updating project schedules.
  • Help Reporting Analysts create clear performance reports.
  • Assure contractor data, checking cost and milestone accuracy.
  • Gather and share project data with the delivery teams and management.
  • Join review meetings to validate VOWD, forecasts, and highlight performance trends.
  • Help keep a £1-2bn capital programme on track through reliable baselines and insights.
Distance from Milton Keynes: 40.6 miles

About the Employer

Who are we? We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come

Future Prospects

Permanent contract with 28 months a structured programme.

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