Project Controls Manager

Job Title: Project Controls Manager

Location: Scotstoun. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £70,000 Depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing practitioner capability in the establishment and maintenance of project control systems to support large, high value, projects
• Applying your expert understanding of project controls techniques and knowledge of project controls toolsets (e.g., Earned Value Management, Risk, Change) to produce project controls deliverables
• Leading and managing the production of various progress reports for presentation to senior management and customers to provide accurate and up to date project information to enable effective decision making
• Supporting the Project Managers / Control Account Managers in managing cost, schedule and quality with associated data and metrics where required, as well as supporting in resolving emergent project issues and mitigating risks
• Coaching and guiding others in the skillset of project controls
• Delegating as required for Head of Project Controls and Planning

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experienced Project Controls Professional or Project Manager with extensive knowledge of project management (tools, techniques, practices)
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to guide and influence senior stakeholders across Engineering, Supply Chain and Production, and guide and develop others in project control
• Proficient understanding of project controls and data analysis toolsets (e.g., Tableau / Power BI, Primavera / planning toolsets, Risk management toolsets, Microsoft office suite)
• Experience leading and managing a team within a project environment

Desirable:

• Professional PM Qualification or practical experience gained through application of Project Management
• Experience of earned value management
• Knowledge of working within a complex engineering/production environment

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Project Controls Team:

Joining the River Class Destroyer Project Controls Team as the Project Controls Manager, you and your team will be supporting the Head of Project Controls and Planning on one of our complex major engineering programmes. You will get to work with a range of internal departments including engineering, procurement, and production to name a few.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to build your professional network, BAE Systems will also offer you support in gaining further qualifications to allow you to develop and grow your career.

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 at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.

All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 7th March 2025 – Interviews for this position will take place W/C 17th March

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.