Project Controller - Transformation

RTX; Harlow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX in the United Kingdom is seeking a seasoned Project Controller (Hybrid) to support Raytheon UK Enterprise Performance Group in Harlow. You will own the Integrated Master Schedule, drive schedule integrity, and provide cost and schedule reporting to programme leadership across multiple sites.

The role requires extensive experience in project controls, EVM, and the use of Power BI and Microsoft Project EPM. A willingness to work on-site regularly and travel to Raytheon UK offices is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience working in joint or matrixed teams.
• Ability to communicate across military and industry partners.
• Seasoned professional in a Project/Programme Controls environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Project EPM 2010/13/16 and Office apps (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Power BI).
• Ability to coach junior professionals and guide project teams.
• Current holder of, or eligibility to obtain, SC MoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) with full resource and cost loading.
• Lead and support schedule development as the programme progresses.
• Provide programme metrics and analysis for review boards and customer meetings.
• Ensure baseline control management and auditable change trails.
• Generate and analyze EVM data and perform variance root cause analysis.
• Perform critical path and schedule risk analyses as required.
• Monthly finance data collation (ETCs) and reporting.
• Support WBS/OBS development for reporting and cost control.
• Assist Bid/Proposal with schedule scenarios for impact analysis.
• Support risk management and capture mitigation plans within the IMS.

Skills

Project controls

Communication

Stakeholder management

Coaching/mentoring

Security clearance awareness

Tools

Microsoft Project EPM 2010/13/16

Excel

Power BI

Word

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Position Details

Project Controller (Hybrid) – Raytheon UK Enterprise Performance Group (EPG) within Services team. Location: Harlow, Essex. Responsibility: Provide professional project scheduling and controls support. Classification: Hybrid; must be willing to work on site regularly; travel may be required to Raytheon UK offices.

Main Duties

• Responsible for the development and integrity of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and ensuring that all activities, events and milestones are logically linked, fully resourced, fully cost loaded and aligned to the fiscal calendar.
• Leading and supporting schedule development work as the programme progresses.
• Support the Programme Manager and Control Account Managers with analysis of trend data and provision of programme metrics, presenting these on behalf of your programme at metrics review boards and customer meetings as required.
• Ensure contractual and programme baseline control management is adopted and that baseline change control has a clear auditable trail for change.
• Support the Programme Leadership Team with the generation and analysis of EVM data, and Earned Value variance root cause analysis.
• Perform analysis such as critical path, schedule risk analysis, BEI analysis as required.
• Monthly collation and analysis of finance data such as schedule derived Estimates To Complete (ETCs).
• Support the development of Programme Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Organisational Breakdown Structures (OBS) to ensure effective cost and schedule reporting.
• Support Bid and Proposal activities through the development of schedule scenarios for impact analysis.
• Support the Programme Risk & Opportunity Management Process and internal Risk Review Board with risk identification, documentation, and risk analysis for schedule and cost impact, including the tracking of mitigation and capture plans within the IMS as required.
• Maintain a focused balance between the use of company standard tools and the innovative development of reporting through customised reports in Power BI.

Candidate Requirements

• Experience operating in joint or matrixed teams.
• Ability to communicate across military and industry partners.
• Focused on outcomes, delivery, and operational excellence.
• A seasoned professional in a Project / Programme Controls environment.
• Able to provide clarity, insight and solutions to difficult and sometimes complex issues.
• Ability to coach lower tier professionals.
• Experience of and competent in the use of Microsoft Project EPM 2010/13/16, and other Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Power BI and an ability to learn quickly our internal EVM and schedule metrics tools.
• Ability to achieve your day to day work and objectives with impact and with good written and verbal communication skills across all levels of the business.
• Ability to work with diverse project teams and stakeholders and communicate cross functionally to achieve the best outcomes for programme delivery.
• Ability to support, guide and influence project teams to ensure programmes are set up in accordance with Raytheon standard practices and processes.
• Ability to lead supplier and partner schedule integration work.
• Commercial and Business awareness in a complex projects environment.
• Experienced working with multi-disciplined teams over geographically dispersed sites.
• Current holder of, or eligibility to obtain, SC MoD security clearance.
• Practical or theoretical knowledge of IMS and EVM integration.
• Desirable Experience of working within the Defence Industry.
• Working knowledge of transformation programmes.
• Practical experience of Power BI with the ability to evaluate reports, trouble shoot report queries and understand user requirements for new reports.

All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This position is classified as: Hybrid, but must be willing to work on site regularly, travel may be required to Raytheon UK offices.

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.