2026 Project Controls Technician Apprenticeship (Level 3)

Overview

The opportunity: Leonardo offers a range of Apprenticeships across a variety of STEM and business routes, offering paid training, coupled with on the job learning that enables you to gain practical skills, experience and knowledge that sets up the best start to your career. We offer competitive entry salaries and fully support your academic learning through to qualifications, with salary increases as you progress.

We support helping you settle into your new location ensuring you are familiar with the team and have a warm welcome from day 1. There is a member of our Apprentice team at each site, helping you progress, ensuring your study time is protected, enabling access to digital learning as well as opportunities to get involved with the local community and STEM projects, enhance many aspects of each programme.

The Apprenticeship:

Project Controls is a fundamental discipline to the safe and stable execution of projects and achieving business growth. With a focus on scheduling, planning, risk management, resource management, performance metrics and change management, Project Controls provides a unique insight into the execution monitoring and control of Projects and is at the heart of successful delivery performance. Successful completion of the apprenticeship may lead to roles such as Project Controller, Planner, with further progression opportunities towards Project Management like Project Officer, Project Manager and Programme Manager.

The Leonardo Helicopters Project Controls Apprenticeship is structured around a programme of placements that will see you move around within the Project Controls Function at Leonardo Helicopters Yeovil over a 3.5 year period and is designed to give you as much experience and exposure to Project Controls practices and different operational contexts as possible. This will help you develop strong core skills of Project Controls whilst also giving you a wider understanding of how a global business operates.

You will also undertake a Level 3 Project Controls Technician qualification over this time to compliment on the job learning alongside internal training to understand and utilise globally recognised tool sets and standards in Project Controls.

The programme aligns with the competencies defined by the Association for Project Management (APM) and supports further professional registration opportunities.

During your apprenticeship, you will

• Grow your knowledge of an engineering business.
• Develop practical skills in manufacturing and understanding key processes and technologies.
• Support early careers activities – our apprentices have the opportunity to work as STEM ambassadors in schools, colleges and universities.

Each Apprentice on this route will need to complete an End Point Assessment as defined in the Apprenticeship Standard, this will take place in the final months of the programme.

The programme aligns with the competencies defined by the Association for Project Management (APM) and supports further professional registration opportunities.

During your apprenticeship, you will develop competencies in

• Project scheduling and planning using recognised software (e.g. SAP, MS Project, MS Office, SSI, Power BI)
• Risk identification and management
• Cost tracking and performance analysis (Earned Value Management)
• Change and configuration management processes
• Stakeholder reporting and project governance

The starting salary for this role is £17,850

What we need from you

Qualifications

You must have (as a minimum) the following qualifications:

• 5 GCSE grades 4 – 9 or grades A*- C or equivalent, to include Maths and English

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do, key contributors in shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you’re looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.

• Time to recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your wellbeing matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding performance: All employees are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Join in our success: Our annual Employee Stock Ownership Plan provides you the opportunity to own shares in Leonardo.
• Tailored perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/company-benefits

We are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people, communities and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

Be part of something bigger – apply now!

Primary Location: GB – Yeovil – Lysander Rd

Contract Type: Fixed term

Hybrid Working: Hybrid