Defence PMO & Project Controls Analyst — Hybrid

Mace; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Hybrid working

Medical health cover

Life insurance

Income protection insurance

Pension scheme

Discretionary annual salary reviews

Family friendly policies

21–23 days annual leave

Job summary

Mace is seeking a PMO/Project Controls Analyst to join our Defence team in Preston, supporting a major long-term programme within air system and Defence environments.

You will help with governance, reporting and performance insight across the portfolio, coordinating cycles and delivering clear dashboards. The role requires UK security clearance eligibility and offers hybrid working from Preston or Lancashire.

Qualifications

• Experience in a PMO, project controls or project support role in construction, infrastructure or regulated programmes.
• Strong data management and Excel; ability to produce dashboards and clear reporting.
• Knowledge of RAID, change control, actions and decisions tracking, baseline management and reporting cycles.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate programme reporting cycles and consolidate schedule, cost, risk and delivery updates into performance packs.
• Produce dashboards and analyses (trends, exceptions, RAG status, milestones) for governance.
• Maintain programme logs (RAID, actions, decisions, change requests) and support governance meetings.
• Support data quality assurance, validation and adherence to standards.
• Support assurance through evidence, trackers and audit trails of processes and controls.
• Assist process improvement and create onboarding/training materials to embed consistent ways of working.

Skills

Data analysis

Excel

Power BI

SharePoint

Teams

PowerPoint

Word

Stakeholder coordination

Governance

RAID management

Change control

Education

HND or degree in PM/Business/Engineering

Tools

SharePoint

Power BI

Planning/Cost systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Mace is seeking a PMO/Project Controls Analyst to join our Defence team in Preston, supporting a major long-term programme within air system and Defence environments.

You will help with governance, reporting and performance insight across the portfolio, coordinating cycles and delivering clear dashboards. The role requires UK security clearance eligibility and offers hybrid working from Preston or Lancashire.