Project Controls Manager

Babcock International; Walsall; Hybrid; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and defense company in Walsall is seeking a Project Controls Manager to oversee the PMO strategy in a dynamic manufacturing environment. The role involves leading project delivery, implementing governance frameworks, and championing digital project tracking tools. Candidates should possess proven experience in project management within the manufacturing or engineering sectors and hold relevant qualifications. The position offers a competitive salary and flexible working options.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefits

Paid volunteering leave

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading PMO or large scale project portfolios in manufacturing, automotive, or engineering sectors.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to take initiative, work independently under pressure, organise and prioritise tasks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of PMO strategy.
• Oversee cross-functional project delivery across design, procurement, and production.
• Champion digital tools and systems for project tracking and reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Initiative

Mentoring

Education

Degree in Project Management, Engineering or related fields

PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM PMQ certification

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

ERP systems

PowerBI

Job description

Job Title: Project Controls Manager

Location: Walsall, West Midlands + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £65,000 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69445

Shape the future of project delivery in a dynamic engineering environment

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Controls Manager at Walsall, near Birmingham, West Midlands.

The role

As a Project Controls Manager, you’ll lead the development and implementation of our Project Management Office (PMO) strategy within a fast-paced vehicle conversion and manufacturing environment. This is a strategic and delivery-focused role where you’ll oversee the planning, execution, and governance of complex engineering and production programmes, ensuring alignment with business goals, regulatory standards, and customer expectations.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Design, embed, and lead PMO strategy, processes, and localised project control mechanisms tailored to manufacturing and engineering environments.
• Oversee cross-functional project delivery across design, procurement, production, and quality assurance.
• Implement robust governance frameworks to manage risk, compliance, and change control.
• Act as Gate Keeper and Mentor to ensure project lifecycle stages, gate reviews, and approval processes are understood and followed.
• Champion digital tools and systems for project tracking and reporting (e.g., MS Project, ERP systems, PowerBI dashboards).

The role is based onsite at Walsall, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday, with an early finish on Friday, totalling 37.5 hours per week. Hybrid working patterns are available.

Essential experience of the Project Controls Manager:

• Proven experience leading PMO or large-scale project portfolios in manufacturing, automotive, or engineering sectors.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to take initiative, work independently under pressure, organise and prioritise tasks.
• Ability to mentor and develop project managers and coordinators.

Qualifications for the Project Controls Manager:

• Degree in Project Management, Engineering or closely related fields.
• Certified to either PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM PMQ, with proven post-qualification experience.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2).
• Expertise in project planning tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, ERP systems).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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 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 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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.

Closing date: 01/12/2025