Project Controller

Babcock; Rosyth; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee shopping portal

Professional Fees covered

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Project Controller for its Rosyth site in Scotland, with hybrid working arrangements and a 36-hour week. The role supports major defence programmes, delivering insights on cost, schedule and performance to drive successful outcomes.

Applicants should have project controls experience, planning and cost control knowledge, strong analytical skills, and proficiency with MS Office. Security clearance (SC) is required, with a closing date of 24/11/2026.

Qualifications

• Experience in a project controls or programme environment.
• Knowledge of planning, scheduling, cost control and performance reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data and identify trends.
• Experience creating and maintaining project plans and performance baselines.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, and performance baselines to support successful programme delivery.
• Monitoring project performance against agreed cost, schedule, and quality targets.
• Producing project controls reports, analysis, and management information to support business decisions.
• Conducting trend analysis and root cause investigations, identifying issues and recommending corrective actions.
• Supporting risk and opportunity management activities across assigned projects and programmes.

Skills

Project controls

Planning & scheduling

Cost control

Reporting

Performance management

Analytical skills

MS Office

Education

NC/HNC in engineering

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Title: Project Controller

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £39,237 - £46,064 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF77104

Shape the future of complex naval programmes

At Babcock 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 Rosyth site.

The role

As a Project Controller, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll play a vital role in supporting the successful delivery of major defence programmes within our Marine sector. Working at the heart of project performance and controls, you'll provide critical insights that help drive programme success, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.

Day-to-day you'll be required to:

• Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, and performance baselines to support successful programme delivery.
• Monitoring project performance against agreed cost, schedule, and quality targets.
• Producing project controls reports, analysis, and management information to support business decisions.
• Conducting trend analysis and root cause investigations, identifying issues and recommending corrective actions.
• Supporting risk and opportunity management activities across assigned projects and programmes.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based at Rosyth with hybrid working arrangements available.

Essential experience of the Project Controller

• Experience working within a project controls, project management, engineering, construction, or programme environment.
• Knowledge of project controls principles including planning, scheduling, cost control, reporting, and performance management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data and identify trends.
• Experience creating and maintaining project plans and performance baselines.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and PowerPoint.

Qualifications for the Project Controller

• National Certificate (NC) or Higher National Certificate (HNC) in an engineering discipline is desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• 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 Babcock 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, 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 [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.

Closing date: 24/11/2026

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