Strategic Project Controller | 4-Day Week & Budgeting

Lockheed Martin; Ampthill; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, is hiring a Project Controller to join the Special Projects function. The role offers a 4-day working week (Mon-Thu) and requires onsite presence four days a week, with development opportunities and potential for diverse responsibilities.

The successful candidate will monitor scope, resource and cost, perform EACs, and deliver cost reporting using SAP, with exposure to Primavera P6 or MS Project as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Project Controller, Project Coordinator or similar role in a PMO environment.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into effective actions.
• Working knowledge of SAP cost planning and reporting.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new tools, systems, and processes.
• Ability to work with a technical and skill-diverse team.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting and managing resource requirements on projects and programmes, including developing EACs and resource planning.
• Generating data/information/analysis for presentations and reports to the business and customers.
• Consolidating data/analysis for Control Account Managers for review and approval.
• Generating Variance Analysis Reports on a monthly basis with corrective actions.
• Ensuring programmes’ budgets are fully planned to meet customer and business requirements.
• Assist in preparation of bids and proposals and for EPPs.
• Support Baseline Change creation.
• Disseminating Weekly/Monthly tasking to the team.
• Analyze Actuals vs Plan for deployed personnel.
• Identify better ways to generate information (Tableau/Fuse/P6/PowerPoint).
• Utilise P6 for analysis and synthesis for CAMs.

Skills

Project control

PMO experience

Analytical mindset

SAP cost planning

Communication skills

Adaptability

Team collaboration

Tools

SAP

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Lockheed Martin in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, is hiring a Project Controller to join the Special Projects function. The role offers a 4-day working week (Mon-Thu) and requires onsite presence four days a week, with development opportunities and potential for diverse responsibilities.

The successful candidate will monitor scope, resource and cost, perform EACs, and deliver cost reporting using SAP, with exposure to Primavera P6 or MS Project as needed.