Senior Project Controls Manager

Babcock International; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Bristol is seeking a Senior Project Control Manager to work on complex engineering projects for the British naval fleet. The role involves managing project controls, reporting, and risk management while leading a team and collaborating with various stakeholders. This position offers a competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements, requiring two days onsite and three days working from home.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Reservists paid leave

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls on complex/major projects.
• Knowledge of planning/scheduling management and cost management.
• Experience with project controls governance measures.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain the performance measurement baseline.
• Provide regular management reporting.
• Gather independent evidence for project success criteria.

Skills

Experience in project controls

Knowledge of project controls approaches

Experience with project controls toolsets

Working with multi-disciplinary teams

Education

APM Project Management Qualification or equivalent

Project Planning & Control Practitioner

Tools

MSP

P6

RiskHive

ERP

SAP systems

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Senior Project Control Manager
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF60821

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 Control Manager at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role

As a Senior Project Control Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be working on one of the nation’s most complex engineering projects, supporting the British naval Fleet.

Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with Project and Programme Managers whilst leading a team of project controls professionals. You will be expected to develop strong relationships with a range of stakeholders, including the project team, wider functional teams, suppliers and customers. In addition, you will be expected to support ongoing development of the Projects Controls capability.

Responsibilities

• Produce, maintain and own the performance measurement baseline.
• Provide regular management reporting both internal and external to the project to provide relevant and accurate information on the status of the project to enable project and programme managers to make informed decisions and provide an accurate view of the project status.
• Gather independent evidence to provide confidence that the project is likely to achieve the success criteria.
• Integration and alignment of project control toolsets, including where necessary across contract partnerships and relevant sub-suppliers.
• Establish a reliable and accurate Earned Value Management (EVM) system, and ongoing generation and interrogation of earned value reports to enable reporting to be completed in accordance with the contract and to enable project and/or programme managers to make informed decisions.
• Establish ongoing and regular risk management processes throughout the team, and risk reporting including schedule risk analysis in accordance with the contract.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days onsite and 3 days working from home. You may be required to work onsite for longer periods of time if the project demands.

Essential Experience

• Experience in project controls on complex/major projects or programmes.
• Knowledge of project controls approaches and practices (planning/scheduling management, cost management, risk management and analysis, performance management, change management).
• Experience of applying and assuring related project controls governance measures.
• Experience in working with common project controls toolsets (such as MSP / P6, RiskHive, ERP / SAP systems).
• Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams, including external suppliers and customers.

Qualifications

• Association for Project Management (APM) Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent.
• Project Planning & Control Practitioner.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate can start on Standard (BPSS) with the intention to obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance.

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.

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 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.

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.