Lead Project Controller

Job Title: Lead Project Controller

Location: Barrow-in-Furness – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: From £45,628 – depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

Working in a small close nit team, with senior management, CAMs, PMs and Engineering staff and the larger programme PMO

Performing advanced project Earned Value & Reporting

Undertaking advanced problem solving typically based on previous experience

Leading the PM&C processes on a small project or a work package of a larger project

Identifying, assessing and managing risks to the success of the project

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

Earned Value Management (EVM) analysis, interpretation and reporting of EV data

Estimation compilations including basis of estimate and profiling

Working with all levels of management and staff

Microsoft Excel

Desirable

In-Year Financial Management analysis and reporting

Primavera P6 Scheduling tool

SAP Data Analytics

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Project Control team:

This is a role for an experienced project professional with a small team and the ability to deliver with limited guidance from the Line Manager. You will be a team player working on the Dreadnought Programme in the Platform Complex Systems (PCS) Project Control team. There will be opportunities to work in other areas within the business as well as developing your skills in Risk Scheduling and Project Management.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 28th April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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