Senior Project Controller

General Dynamics Mission Systems - United Kingdom; St Leonards; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nine-day fortnight

Hybrid work (3 days in office)

Relocation assistance

Flexible benefits

Career development plan

Progress reviews

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems - United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Project Controller to support project managers, promote robust planning, and ensure scope, schedule and budget adherence. The role interfaces with stakeholders across the business and offers hybrid work with some office presence.

Responsibilities include monitoring and reporting risks and issues, escalating concerns with proposed solutions, and contributing to improvement initiatives. UK relocation assistance may be available.

Qualifications

• Experience in a controlled project environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project for creating and maintaining project schedules.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Experience with risk management tools and practices.
• Ability to support a portfolio of projects of medium to high complexity.
• Flexibility and a service delivery mind-set.
• Solid understanding of project support knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Capability to produce high-quality work on time.
• Familiarity with Project Controller competencies.
• Degree level education or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support assigned Project Manager(s) to promote good planning practice and ensure scope, schedule & budget adherence.
• Monitor, report & flag concerns, exceptions and issues through recognised escalation routes, along with proposed solutions.

Skills

Portfolio support

Risk management

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Flexibility

Project governance

AI/ML familiarity

Education

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

The Senior Project Controller role is wide ranging, the role interfaces with a number of key project stakeholders across the business, but primarily with Project Managers. The principle purpose of the role is to:

• Support assigned Project Manager(s) to promote good planning practice and ensure scope, schedule & budget adherence.
• Monitor, report & flag concerns, exceptions and issues through recognised escalation routes, along with proposed solutions.

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Qualifications

To be considered for this Senior Project Controller role, you should have:

• Considerable experience working in a controlled project environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project for creating and maintaining project schedules
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Experience with risk management tools and practices
• Ability to support a portfolio of projects of medium to high complexity
• Flexibility and a service delivery mind-set
• Solid understanding of project support knowledge, skills, and abilities
• Capability to produce high-quality work on time
• Familiarity with Project Controller competencies
• Degree level education or equivalent experience
• Experience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models is preferred

The ideal candidate is proactive, contributes to improvement initiatives, and can work independently with minimal supervision.

Additional Information

This role has a salary of between £40,320 and £58,000 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.

Relocation assistance may be available for qualifying UK based applicants to move closer to our sites.

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. Please email [e-mail] if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.

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