Programme Project Controller

Akkodis; Noordwijk; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Akkodis Aerospace seeks a Programme/Project Controller to join the ESA project team onsite in the Netherlands. This is a temporary position until 30/09/2027, supporting planning, cost control and procurement activities within a European space agency environment.

The role involves coordinating with CFOs, Finance and Operational Contract Services, monitoring CAC, resource plans, contract actions and payments, and ensuring compliance with project budgets and schedules.

Job description

We are looking for a Programme / Project Controller (M3) to join our Akkodis Aerospace team, working onsite at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands. This is (initally) a temporary position till 30/09/2027.

Akkodis has proudly supported the Aerospace & Defence industry in the Netherlands for decades. Our partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) has been one of the many success stories allowing our people to expand their career horizons. Akkodis experts are contributing to some of the most important technical advances in Aerospace and Defence which impact the way we live our lives today, through specialised engineering expertise and other required skillsets. This could be your future. Become part of our successful team!

Specific tasks to be performed:

Support to the planning, preparation, execution and follow-up of activities in terms of schedule, risks, costs including preparation of related reports and provision of management information as required:

• Assisting in preparing, developing, and maintaining Projects’ Cost at Completion (CAC)

In the field of resources (i.e., financial and workload) for programme/project(s):

• Assisting in the preparation of Projects CAC resource plans
• Monitoring and controlling the implementation of the plans in line with CAC resource targets, performing forecasting, identifying deviations and related recovery actions, producing related reports
• Checking consistency of financial commitments with budgets
• Following the consumption of financial commitment ceiling and initiating related budgetary transfers as required.

In the field of procurements and execution of contracts:

• Support the preparation and follow-up of the Agency’s tender actions and Contract Change Notices (CCNs)
• Support the proposal evaluations for the price, schedule verification and analysis.
• Support the preparation of the contract financial commitment and milestone payment plan data entry in the Agency’s system(s).
• Provide inputs to procurement workplans and detailed implementation plans (e.g., Contract Action Plan baseline), including related commitment consumption, cost, and disbursement profiles.
• Following‑up of the progress of the procurement actions and contracts
• Monitoring and controlling of timely implementation of actions related to procurement and contractual matters, including monitoring of financial commitments, payment milestones and invoicing.
• Support invoicing and payment verification and control process.
• Support fixed asset, project inventory and export control activities.
• Undertake the verification of procurement actions with the planned industrial return policy

To successfully perform the above mentioned tasks, the following background / experience is required:

• At least 4 years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in the English language, both written and spoken. Knowledge of another official ESA language is an asset.
• Experience in controlling and/or management of activities and resources in aerospace industry. Knowledge of IPSAS and Finance/Accounting is an asset.
• For this position you would work with corporate stakeholders, particularly CFO’s, Finance and Operational Contract Services. Therefore experience with this is required.

About ESA-ESTEC

The European Space Agency (ESA) has sites in several European countries.

The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), has grown into ESA’s largest establishment and the technical and organisational hub of Europe’s space sector. Missions designed and tested at ESTEC are circling Earth, have landed on planetary bodies and have probed far into the Solar System.

The infrastructure and equipment assembled here, together with the expert knowhow of its 2800 personnel, make ESTEC a unique resource for Europe. The work done here by teams skilled in every aspect of engineering for space has enabled the creation of novel communication, navigation and information services, creating new jobs and growth while improving the lives of European and world citizens.