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Trainee Project Controller

• 00101831

Job title: Trainee Project Controls Professional

Location: Samlesbury / Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements

Salary: £29,059

Are you seeking new challenges and personal growth? Do you feel like your skills and experience can transfer well into a new career?

The Air UK business is looking to grow its existing Project Controls workforce through a brand new programme - The Air UK Project Controls Development Scheme.

Throughout your time on the scheme, you will be placed into a project controls team in one of our many programmes across the Air sector. Alongside this, you will study towards your Level 4 qualification which will involve a day-release to college over a six month period. You will be applying your learning to the role whilst developing your business aptitude.

The Lancaster University led qualification is sponsored by BAE Systems and will be gained through Blackpool at the Fylde College.

Once you have successfully obtained your qualification, you will continue in your role where you will build upon your new career at BAE Systems and have the opportunity to further your personal development.

This is an exciting time to join the Air sector and become part our established group of project controllers.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the development/production and analysis of business data by using project control and monitoring tools, techniques, and processes

• Producing and analysing data with accuracy, identifying and forecasting trends to meet targets, and managing projects to time, cost and quality

• Providing support to project managers and control account managers to enable effective cost, planning and scheduling, risk, opportunity and resource management

• Supporting the identification and management of risk and opportunities and learning from experience

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Demonstrable IT skills to a proficient standard through academic qualifications and/or examples of using Microsoft Office to analyse and present data (e.g. Excel)

• Ability to study for a Level 4 Qualification, maintaining an appropriate balance between academic studies whilst working

• Hold a grade C / 4 GCSE in English and Maths subjects

• Evidence of professional behaviours; showing strong business acumen and demonstrative transferable skills from previous experience in other industries

Desirable:

• Understand the principles of planning and project controls processes

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual leave incentive.

The Skilled Personnel team:

You will be an essential part of a team where crucial project controls activities are carried out. The team you are assigned to will be supportive of your development and you will be empowered to carry out the necessary tasks and activities relevant for your grade/role.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.