Employer description: 
Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider with a workforce of over 4,000 employees operating from sites across the UK. The business is part of the wider Bilfinger group, who are Europe’s largest industrial services provider and have around 30000 employees who are located across four key international business units in Europe, North America and the Middle East.

They have extensive experience in onshore and offshore facilities, specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning. They are now looking for an apprentice to join their scheduling team.

Duties: 

• Provide first line support to business stakeholders including schedulers, planners, coordinators etc. to report accurate contract status of works.
• You will become a system expert in Primavera P6 which is a software used on site to plan & schedule work on a weekly basis & resource profiles.
• Provide accurate labour forecasts and identify risks to contracts by analysing information regarding work force, holidays, training etc via use of the Primavera P6 software.
• Ability to provide clear and consistent data reporting to senior management via Primavera or Excel to update on any potential delays to works.
• Ability to produce a feasible programme of activities from a given scope of work which will include viewing activities via Excel spread sheets and setting out a programme, which will involve timescales and resources.
• Participate and highlight critical programme areas for management action to highlight any issues within the programme, delays, access problems, other emergent work that’s needs action from management.
• Collaborate with wider team via Microsoft Outlook and Teams.

Desirable skills: 

• Good organisational skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good time management
• Team player
• Willingness to learn and be proactive

Salary: £19,000 per annum.

Working week: 38hrs a week: Monday - Friday, 7:45am till 4pm.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday + 8 public holidays
• Access to private healthcare & dental care
• Company employee benefit scheme such as discounts across multiple sectors including retail & entertainment etc.
• Company pension scheme

Future prospects:
90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after successfully completing their apprenticeship: this is 20% higher than the national average.

Important information:
This vocational apprenticeship comprehensively supports your specific job role with this particular employer. Throughout your learning journey, you are fully supported by your dedicated QA skills coach and your mentor at work. They ensure you settle in, help you develop all the skills you need to be successful in your job role and pass your assessments, and can provide one to one support.
Starting with insights into your current potential, they plan your growth in a programmatic way, close skills gaps with immersive training and ensure what you learn is applicable to what you do. They talk you through the specifics on the qualifications you gain and how they align in particular to your day to day role.

On completion, as well as the valuable work experience you have gained, you get a nationally recognised qualification at SCQF Level 6.  
If you are interested in starting your career and receiving a work based qualification at the same time, APPLY NOW!