Job Title: Project Controller
Location: Broad Oak or New Malden. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
You will be supporting the Project teams to create project plans and control baselines as well as record, verify and report on project progress
Collating programme performance metrics from various data sources to report against cost, schedule, milestone delivery, and other key performance indicators
Performing trend analysis of programme KPIs and deep dive activity to enrich programme performance information
Presenting programme performance data and analysis to the Senior Project Manager or Control Account Manager, and advising root cause analysis and recommended actions to correct programme performance issues
Providing support to the Project Manager to manage cost, schedule, and quality with associated data and metrics where required
Assisting with the monthly EAC (Estimate at Complete) and resource profiling processes
Supporting the management of risk and opportunity activity where required
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
Comprehensive experience and knowledge of Project Control policies, processes, procedures and systems
Working knowledge of industry Project Controls toolsets e.g. Primavera, Microsoft Project, SAP, Predict
Experience with Intermediate Risk and Opportunity Management
Desirable:
Practical application of business information toolsets/data analytics e.g. Tableau, Microsoft Power BI
Experience/knowledge in Baseline Control, Cost Estimating/Engineering, Resource Management, Quantity Surveying, Business Analysis or Financial Management within project environments
Project Management qualification/certification
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 Team:
By joining the team, you will be working together and using world-class project control techniques to provide expertise with supporting Project Managers in the delivery of exciting and strategically important programmes within our Maritime & Land Sector businesses. The business has a drive towards professionalism, this includes support towards Chartership and further career development.
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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 9th December 2025. Interviews W/C 15th December 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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