Job Title: Project Controller
Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: £41,361 depending on experience
What you'll be doing:

• Establishing and managing the project schedules
• Tracking spend and controlling project costs
• Implementing and utilising performance measurement methodologies when appropriate
• Driving ownership of the work scope tasks throughout the project team
• Managing scope change for the project
• Supporting the identification and management of Risks and Opportunities
• Analysing project information to enable early identification of problems and then implementing mitigation actions
• Providing managerial analysis and a level of independent challenge to the organisation with respect to project performance

Your skills and experiences: Essential:

• Exposure of operating project control systems to define progress and identify programme performance issues
• Understanding of creating and maintaining project schedules using various toolsets, such as MSP
• Demonstrable understanding of risk, opportunity and change management
• Strong analytical and reporting skills

Desirable:

• A formal project management qualification such as APMP, Prince 2 or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of performance measurement techniques

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 incentive.
The Project team: The team contributes to complex national and international projects within the Air Sector of BAE Systems. As part of this team, you will be working on class project control techniques to support the Project Managers in the delivery of large, high value, technically complex and strategically important programmes.
This role will provide you with opportunity to utilise state of the art project control technology and play an integral role in Program Management team
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.
Closing Date: 9th July 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.