Strategic Project Controls Analyst

bakerhughes; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Retirement programme

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Baker Hughes is seeking a Project Controller to support the delivery of projects by providing robust project controls, cost management, forecasting, and performance reporting. You will collaborate with Project Managers and cross-functional teams to deliver accurate insights that enable informed decision-making and effective project execution.

We value analytical, collaborative, and proactive professionals who can maintain rigour while working in a dynamic environment and leverage ERP/project

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls, project services, cost control, or a related project management discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret project data, identify trends, and deliver meaningful performance insights.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills across diverse teams and functions.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Owning project cost tracking, forecasting, and performance analysis to provide accurate visibility of project financial performance and forecast outcomes.
• Monitoring project performance against cost, schedule, and delivery targets, identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and variances, and escalating concerns where appropriate.
• Facilitating project reviews and supporting performance discussions with project teams, stakeholders, and leadership to drive project success.
• Managing project change control processes, ensuring scope, schedule, and cost changes are identified, evaluated, documented, and appropriately approved.
• Supporting risk and opportunity management activities by maintaining project risk registers, tracking mitigation actions, and contributing to project risk reviews.
• Developing and maintaining project performance reporting, including weekly and monthly customer and internal reports, providing clear and timely insights into project health, progress, and key metrics.
• Collaborating with finance, engineering, operations, procurement, and commercial teams to ensure alignment of project objectives and reporting accuracy.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance project controls processes, tools, and reporting methodologies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Baker Hughes is seeking a Project Controller to support the delivery of projects by providing robust project controls, cost management, forecasting, and performance reporting. You will collaborate with Project Managers and cross-functional teams to deliver accurate insights that enable informed decision-making and effective project execution.

We value analytical, collaborative, and proactive professionals who can maintain rigour while working in a dynamic environment and leverage ERP/project