Senior Project Controller - Cost

Babcock International Group; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading defense contractor as a Senior Project Controller - Cost in Bristol. You'll play a key role in the delivery of military satellite communication systems while working in a hybrid model, balancing time between onsite duties and remote work. The role requires strong project management skills and offers benefits like a matched pension scheme, share schemes, and special leave allowances for reservists.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading option

‘Be Kind Day’ paid leave for volunteering

Qualifications

• Considerable project management experience across the full project lifecycle.
• Ability to inspire high performance.
• Experience in SRA/CRA and EVM.

Responsibilities

• Assist Dreadnought team with all aspects of Project Cost Control.
• Prepare and deliver cost control reports.
• Provide input for Control Account Plans and Earned Value Management.

Skills

Project Management

Cost Control

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Cost Risk Analysis (CRA)

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17.06.2025

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01.08.2025

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Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Project Controller - Cost
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement (if applicable)
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF

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 Senior Project Controller - Cost at our Ashton House site.

The role

As a Senior Project Controller – Cost, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll support the delivery of vital military satellite communication systems, your work will directly contribute to shaping the future of Submarine’s within the UK. And, with our track record of innovation, you’ll continually develop your knowledge and expertise.

Day to day, you’ll:

• Assist the Dreadnought team in all aspects of Project Cost Control
• Prepare and deliver all necessary internal and external cost control reports and documentation
• Provide key input into the production and management of Control Account Plans, including establishing basis of estimates and cost related assumptions and dependencies
• Collate, organise, and present the necessary data to enable Earned Value Management (EVM) reporting
• Provide the necessary input to enable Cost Risk Analysis (CRA)

This role provides hybrid working with two days per week onsite at our Ashton House site and the remainder working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior Project Controller – Cost:

• Considerable experience in the advanced application of Project Management techniques in a relevant technical project environment across the full project lifecycle
• Ability to champion high performance and inspire others
• Experience in the application of SRA/CRA and EVM

Qualifications for the Senior Project Controller – Cost:

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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