Earned Value & Primavera P6 Project Controller

Smiths Detection; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and career growth

Global opportunities

Job summary

Smiths Detection is seeking a Project Controller in Hemel Hempstead to join our Programme team. You will support planning, monitoring and control across a portfolio of complex projects, embedded within project teams and governance structures.

Expertise in EVM and Primavera P6 is essential. You will help establish baselines, maintain schedules, analyse performance and produce meaningful reporting to enable informed decision making across the business.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience within a Project Controls, PMO, Planning, Scheduling or Project Management environment.
• Strong experience using Primavera P6.
• Practical experience applying Earned Value Management (EVM) methodologies.
• Experience developing and maintaining integrated project schedules.
• Understanding of project lifecycle management and project governance.
• Experience supporting cost control, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Experience producing project performance reporting and dashboards.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and project reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Assist with Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS).
• Create and maintain resource plans and responsibility assignment matrices.
• Maintain risk and change control registers; establish baselines for cost, schedule, and resources.
• Conduct schedule analysis including critical path and impact assessments.
• Support forecasting activities and performance measurement against baselines.
• Apply EVM principles to monitor project health and report insights.
• Produce project controls reports for stakeholders; prepare dashboards and updates.
• Maintain project documentation and governance materials; coordinate PMRs.

Skills

Primavera P6

Earned Value Management

Stakeholder engagement

Advanced Excel

Project scheduling

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Job description

Smiths Detection is seeking a Project Controller in Hemel Hempstead to join our Programme team. You will support planning, monitoring and control across a portfolio of complex projects, embedded within project teams and governance structures.

Expertise in EVM and Primavera P6 is essential. You will help establish baselines, maintain schedules, analyse performance and produce meaningful reporting to enable informed decision making across the business.