Senior Project Controller - Defence & Aerospace (Hybrid)

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

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.