Project Controller

Cavendish Nuclear; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering firm is looking for a Project Controller to join their team in Bristol. In this role, you will support project managers by providing performance reports and analysis while ensuring projects run smoothly. You will have responsibilities such as conducting variance analysis and managing project databases. This hybrid position offers flexible working hours, attractive salary, and benefits including a matched pension scheme, employee share scheme, and excellent career development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

Paid volunteering day

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience with performance reports, analysis, and narrative.
• Ability to conduct variance and trend analysis for projects.
• Strong capabilities in data collation and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support project managers with weekly and monthly performance reports.
• Conduct variance and trend analysis for schedule and costs.
• Collate Earned Value Management data and produce narratives.

Skills

Planning awareness

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Baseline Management

Change Control

Earned Value Management

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP

Risk Hive

Job description

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Project Controller

Location: Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Project Controller

Location: Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69482

Shape the Future of Nuclear Projects

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Controller at our Bristol site.

The role

As a Project Controller, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of delivering complex and critical projects that support energy security and national protection. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact—helping to ensure projects run efficiently and effectively while developing your expertise in project controls and performance management.

Day-to-day

• Support Project Managers and Project Controls Managers with weekly and monthly performance reports, analysis, and narrative.
• Carry out variance and trend analysis for schedule and cost, supporting recovery plans where needed.
• Collate and analyse Earned Value Management data and produce associated narratives.
• Assist with Estimate at Completion (EAC), monthly performance, and risk reviews.
• Maintain project databases, trackers, templates, and documentation to ensure accuracy and consistency.

You’ll work 37 hours per week, based at BTC Bristol (with at least two days onsite per week). Flexible working patterns are available, including core hours and an early finish on Fridays. Occasional travel to Warrington, Cheshire (quarterly) may be required.

Essential Experience

• Planning awareness, preferably with Primavera P6.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of Baseline Management, Change Control, and Earned Value Management.
• Excellent communication skills and experience working in integrated teams.
• Familiarity with project management toolsets such as SAP, Risk Hive, or Primavera.

Benefits

• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.