Project Controller

Gdmsi; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nine-day fortnight

Career development plan

Flexible benefits

Job summary

General Dynamics in the United Kingdom seeks a Project Controller to coordinate scope, schedule, cost and risk with project stakeholders, especially Project Managers and Control Account Managers.

You will build and maintain WBS/OBS/RAM, manage baselines, monitor expenditures and support bids with schedules and costing, using MS Project and MS Office.

Hybrid work is available; salary ranges from £32,400 to £46,000 plus a flexible benefits package, and UK Security clearance eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience coordinating scope, schedule and cost across stakeholders.
• Strong skills in creating and maintaining WBS/OBS/RAM and baselines.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Project and MS Office for progress reporting.

Responsibilities

• Scope project requirements into WBS, OBS and RAM with the PM.
• Produce and maintain resourced, time-phased schedules with critical paths.
• Track expenditure and estimate final costs, flag deviations from baseline.

Skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Risk management

Tools

Microsoft Project

MS Office

Risk management tool

AI/ML familiarity

Job description

Here at General Dynamics the Project Controller is a wide ranging role that interfaces with a number of key project stakeholders across the business, but primarily with Project Managers and Control Account Managers.

Scope Management

Work with assigned Project Manager(s) to scope project requirements into a coherent WBS, OBS and RAM

Analyse the impact of scope changes, making recommendations to assigned Project Manager(s)

Schedule Management

Produce resourced & time phased schedules with critical paths to help ensure that all tasks are complete and milestones are achieved on target and within budget.

Maintain a project baseline schedule and track changes to the baseline as the project progresses

Finance Management

Track all expenditure on assigned projects, analyse spending trends and estimate final costs, reporting any deviation from baseline

Risk Management

Create and maintain risk registers. Organise and facilitate regular risk reviews with risk owners and track mitigation actions. Include mitigation actions in plans and schedules as part of performance measurement baselines

Bid Support

Support bids by providing schedules, resource demand and costing/estimates for the bid opportunity and the activities related to bid execution in line with the process

Project Controller experience

Creating and maintaining project schedules using Microsoft Project, use them to effectively manage and report progress on a project

Excellent Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)

Can create, maintain and report risks using a risk management tool

Experience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models is preferred

This role has a salary of between £32,400 and £46,000 plus our flexible benefits package.

We are open to this role being spent with time working from home and in the office (hybrid - typically 3 days working in office) on a weekly basis or fully in our offices.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:

• A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
• A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas.

If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.

Every application matters to us. We want you to know that each application we receive is reviewed by a real person-not just an algorithm. Our screening questions are also carefully considered to help us understand your experience and fit for the role.

We appreciate the time you take to apply.