Job Title:
Senior Project Controller
Location:
Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please
speak
to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary:
£47,683
What you’ll be doing:
Management
of
complex
schedules across multiple disciplines within BAE Systems, and across national and international partners
Generating and ratifying resource demand across your remit, ensuring appropriate resource levelling and embedding supply solution intel into project planning
Identifying and
managing
Risks and Opportunities within your remit, supporting regular Schedule Risk
Analysis
to inform project
decision
making
Monthly cost reporting against baseline and previously forecast positions, ensuring data integrity of actual costs, impact assessment of cost performance is understood, and estimates to complete are robust
Maintenance of baseline changes and incorporation of contract/customer scope changes
Creation and maintenance of monthly project reporting pack, ensuring quality narrative is provided to enable project
decision
making
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
Demonstrable varied project
control
experience across a number of project
control
skills (e.g. risk
management, scheduling, cost
management, resource
management )
Keen attention to detail and a drive to hold high standards of quality
Considerable project scheduling experience in highly detailed environments
Team
Leadership
Experience
Desirable:
Project
Management
Professional Qualifications
Microsoft Project Experience
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 Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Project
Control
Team:
The FCAS/GCAP Project
Control
Team supports the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) which is an exciting tri-national endeavour to develop a next generation fighter aircraft. The programme is at the start of its lifecycle which provides opportunity to help shape the foundations of the programme which will endure for decades into the future. The Project
Control
Team is a dynamic team of highly skilled
individuals
who provide data and performance insights to assist with
managing
the programme, and we are growing and evolving. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to
lead
into more senior positions within the business. This role may have opportunity for national and international travel.
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 October 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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