Project Controls Manager
Location: Corsham or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent (Role ID: SF 64781)
Overview
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and as a Project Controls Manager you will play a key part within our Mission Systems business. You will lead a dynamic team of project controls professionals, driving the delivery of cost, time, risk, and quality controls across some of the UK’s most exciting and high‑impact projects.
Responsibilities
* Define and manage the Performance Measurement Baseline (scope, cost, schedule) with robust oversight.
* Supervise scheduling teams to develop and maintain integrated project schedules across all execution phases, including subcontractor coordination.
* Oversee cost, change, risk, opportunity, and document management activities.
* Implement and maintain a reliable Earned Value Management system, delivering actionable insights through accurate reporting to support informed decision‑making.
* Build strong relationships with stakeholders, suppliers, and customers alike, ensuring seamless coordination and successful project outcomes in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.
* Lead and uphold project controls governance, ensuring alignment with contract requirements.
Essential Experience
* An organised, confident communicator who is self‑motivated and able to transform complex problems into simple, elegant solutions.
* Knowledge of project controls approaches and practices, such as planning/scheduling management, cost management, risk management and analysis, performance management, change management and configuration control.
* Experience working with common project controls toolsets, such as MSP/P6, RiskHive, ERP/SAP systems.
* Proven hands‑on delivery experience applying project controls and governance measures on complex/major projects or programmes.
Qualifications
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can demonstrate the required level of experience.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
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 UK Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK.
Benefits
* Generous holiday allowance
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of professional fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement (windows open February through to March annually)
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package, including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Additional Information
Our Project Controls Manager roles are full time at 37 hours per week and provide hybrid working arrangements with up to 2 days onsite and 3 days working from home. Opportunities are available at our Ashton Vale, Bristol or Corsham, Wiltshire site.
We are a disability‑confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’.
We are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
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