Senior Project Controller

Babcock International; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension scheme with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Professional Fees paid

Reservists in armed forces leave

Job summary

Babcock International is seeking a Senior Project Controller to drive project controls across planning, scheduling, cost management and risk for major defence and engineering programmes. You will work with project managers, engineers and stakeholders to keep data accurate and provide insight for informed decisions.

The role emphasizes reporting, baseline maintenance, QA, and collaboration across teams to deliver high-quality outputs in a challenging environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls across planning, scheduling, cost control and risk management.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with budgets, forecasts and performance metrics.
• Ability to validate data, maintain baselines and produce reliable management information.
• Eligibility for Security Check (SC) clearance or equivalent is required.
• Experience operating in defence, aerospace or complex engineering projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor project performance, cost, schedule, risk and resources for delivery.
• Produce controls reports, KPI analyses and management information for stakeholders.
• Validate controls data, perform QA activities and maintain baselines.
• Support risk, change control and performance management across projects.
• Collaborate with project teams, customers and stakeholders to enable informed decisions.
• Demonstrate experience in planning, monitoring and reporting to drive project success.
• Analyse performance, costs, risks and trends to support delivery.
• Apply strong numerical analysis to budgets and forecasts to support decisions.
• Prioritise workload and deliver high-quality outputs in a complex project environment.

Skills

Project controls

Planning & scheduling

Cost control

Risk management

Performance reporting

Change management

Stakeholder collaboration

Data validation

Quality assurance

SC clearance eligibility

Job description

As a Senior Project Controller, you'll support the successful delivery of major projects by providing project controls expertise across planning, scheduling, cost control, risk management, performance reporting, and change management. Working alongside project managers, engineers, and key stakeholders, you'll help maintain accurate project data, monitor performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide the insight needed to drive informed decision-making. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced project controls professional looking to develop their career within the defence, aerospace and engineering sector. You'll contribute to programmes that support national security while gaining exposure to complex, high-profile projects in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

What you’ll do:

• Monitoring project performance, cost, schedule, risk, and resource data to support successful project delivery.
• Producing project controls reports, performance analysis, KPI reporting, and management information for stakeholders.
• Managing project controls data validation, quality assurance activities, and baseline maintenance.
• Supporting risk management, change control, and performance management activities across assigned projects.
• Collaborating with project teams, customers, and stakeholders to provide insight that drives effective decision-making.
• Significant experience in project controls, including project planning, monitoring, reporting, and performance management.
• Experience producing, maintaining, and managing accurate project data, reports, schedules, and documentation.
• Experience analysing project performance, costs, risks, and trends to support project delivery.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with experience working with project budgets, forecasts, and performance metrics.
• Proven ability to prioritise workload and deliver high-quality outputs within a complex project environment.

We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can demonstrate relatable experience and a great attitude then we would like to hear from you. Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Do you want to help us in our mission, creating a safe and secure world together, whilst working on projects that are truly unique? The Royal Navy rely on our engineering, project management and digital teams to keep their submarines at sea and submariners safe. They Protect our Nation and we help to Protect them. At Babcock we have a true culture of opportunity - with business contracts that last decades and structured career development pathways that can take you in all kinds of directions; you will grow, develop, and achieve more than you ever thought possible. There has never been a better time for you to join Babcock Submarine Support and play your part in protecting the protectors.

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 (www.gov.uk).

Our Benefits

We offer you fantastic total rewards, and the ability to have real flexibility - including working from home up to 3 days a week, and a '9 day fortnight' working pattern. It's what sits at the heart of our fantastic and friendly environment, where you'll feel truly welcome.

• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave

Babcock International. For over a century Babcock International 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.