Project Controller

BAE Systems (New); Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Project Manager to oversee contract performance and engage with stakeholders. This role involves developing project management plans and ensuring alignment across departments. The position offers hybrid working options and opportunities for international travel.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Strong planning, scheduling, and resource management capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct monthly reviews of contract performance and KPIs.
• Manage cost performance to ensure budget compliance.
• Develop Project Management Plans for effective delivery.

Skills

Planning

Communication

Stakeholder Engagement

Conflict Resolution

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager

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

Salary: £47,683+

What you’ll be doing:

• Conducting monthly reviews of contract performance, including analysis of KPIs and customer briefings
• Managing and monitoring cost performance to ensure budget compliance and efficiency
• Engaging and coordinating with stakeholders to maintain alignment and address concerns
• Developing Project Management Plans and ensure effective delivery of project objectives

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Strong planning, scheduling, and resource management capabilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage and align internal departments and external partners
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, and relationship management
• Capable of handling conflict resolution and negotiation

Desirable

• Understanding of project cost life cycle (budgeting, forecasting, tracking, variance analysis)
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira)
• Experience with procurement processes, POs, and invoicing workflows

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 PM team:

As a part of the Project Management team, you will be responsible for spares and repairs the Germany Italy Austria Spanish Airforce, for Typhoon Eurofighter. We are business within the contract team delivering the customer interface and financial, operational needs, stakeholder and customer relations, and externally to the customer. You will be working at the forefront in service support of large, high value, technically complex and strategically important programmes. Our opportunities are broad and varied whether it be supporting increased capabilities or delivering cutting edge and innovative solutions to industry wide problems for the customer. You will also have an opportunity to travel internationally.

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: 26th May 2025

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.

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