Project Control and Planning Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship 2027

Salary: £19,500 plus a £3000 joining bonus

Duration: 4 years

Work Location: Stevenage

Learning Provider: Learning Skills Partnership (virtual learning)

Due to the need to attend your MBDA site, applicants need to ensure their home or rental location is appropriate, travel arrangements are manageable and travel time is minimised as required for your role.

The Qualification: You'll study for a Project Controls Technician apprenticeship; Your final award will be a Level 3 Diploma in Project Control Practice.

Find more details about the course here:

https://www.learningskillspartnership.com/project-controls-technician-level-3

Security clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. 

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team. 

What we can offer you:

• Fully funded qualification starting September 2027
• Annual pay reviews
• Healthcare Cash Plan: provides support with everyday health related costs – including medical, dental, optical, physio and health & wellbeing
• 25 days annual leave (plus holiday purchase) and up to 15 days flexi leave
• Study leave during exam periods

This role is scheduled to close for applications at midnight on Friday 22nd January 2027 but may close earlier depending on application volumes.

Programme structure - your work at MBDA:

The academic portion of this apprenticeship is 27 months, with an additional learning period of 21 months where you will remain on scheme, completing on the job learning to support your future role at MBDA. Study with the Learning Skills Partnership will be online.

When not studying, you will be working in your home function of Project Management and Control.

Throughout the life cycle of our products, a multitude of skill and expertise is required to design, craft and deliver to our end customer – and one of the most integral roles comes from our Project Management and Control Function. Project Management and Project Control work simultaneously with each other to deliver programmes of work and projects to customers and end users on time, within budget and to agreed specifications. We have a unique and niche apprenticeship within this team to help us to continue successful delivery of our products in the future.

Throughout this programme, apprentices will:

• Develop the skills required to effectively plan and control multi-million pound projects such as; planning at a detailed level, collecting and assigning costs across all parts of a programme whilst capturing, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Be working with colleagues and partners of our organisation in a fast paced, exciting and constantly evolving environment.
• Look at projects in development, manufacturing and assessment phases to get a full insight to the different stages of the missile lifecycle.
• Capture updates and information from all areas of the business - at all levels - to determine next steps on a given project.
• Be trained on all the essential programmes we use– such as Primavera, SAP and ARM.

Our team promotes innovative thinking, encourages new ideas and embraces them, so there will be ample opportunity for your own contributions. Training will be given on how to deliver specific tasks on a defined project, then as we build on your confidence and knowledge your project responsibility will increase.

You’ll build a strong network across the business right from the beginning working with the Business team. This will include Project Managers and our Commercial team as well as Manufacturing, Technical and Engineering teams, giving you a well-rounded understanding of all aspects of our business and our products. We also offer the opportunity to work with the Ministry of Defence and some of our Customers as well! You’ll experience a placement with our Business & Project Management team to see a slightly different area of Project Management, and within the Project Management Office which will cover all aspects of Project Management in MBDA.

This is a fantastic opportunity dedicated to your development and the improvement of successful planning and project control within MBDA. You'll be joining a scheme that has developed winners of some of the most prestigious apprenticeship awards in the UK!

This apprenticeship could lead on to Project Control and Planner positions, which ultimately progress to Project Control Manager Positions.

What we’re looking for from you:

This role has specific qualification and subject criteria so please make sure you carefully check your eligibility against this criteria before applying otherwise your application will not be considered. If you are currently studying and predicted to meet these requirements by the start date you are welcome to apply.

GCSEs:

5 GCSEs at minimum grade 4.

They must include:

• English Language
• Mathematics
• A Science or Technology subject

Basic understanding of Microsoft applications is essential for this apprenticeship.

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