Job Title: Project Controls Manager
Location: Walsall, West Midlands + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £65, Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape the future of project delivery in a dynamic engineering environment
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Controls Manager at Walsall, near Birmingham, West Midlands.
The role
As a Project Controls Manager, you’ll lead the development and implementation of our Project Management Office (PMO) strategy within a fast-paced vehicle conversion and manufacturing environment. This is a strategic and delivery-focused role where you’ll oversee the planning, execution, and governance of complex engineering and production programmes, ensuring alignment with business goals, regulatory standards, and customer expectations.
Day-to-day you’ll be required to:
1. Design, embed, and lead PMO strategy, processes, and localised project control mechanisms tailored to manufacturing and engineering environments.
2. Oversee cross-functional project delivery across design, procurement, production, and quality assurance.
3. Implement robust governance frameworks to manage risk, compliance, and change control.
4. Champion digital tools and systems for project tracking and reporting (e.g., MS Project, ERP systems, PowerBI dashboards).
5. Act as Gate Keeper and Mentor to ensure project lifecycle stages, gate reviews, and approval processes are understood and followed.
The role is based onsite at Walsall, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday, with an early finish on Friday, totalling 37.5 hours per week. Hybrid working patterns are available.
Essential experience of the Project Controls Manager:
6. Proven experience leading PMO or large-scale project portfolios in manufacturing, automotive, or engineering sectors.
7. Excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
8. Ability to take initiative, work independently under pressure, organise and prioritise tasks.
9. Ability to mentor and develop project managers and coordinators.
Qualifications for the Project Controls Manager:
10. Degree in Project Management, Engineering or closely related fields.
11. Certified to either PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM PMQ, with proven post-qualification experience.
12. Proficiency in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2).
13. Expertise in project planning tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, ERP systems).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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 .
What we offer
14. Generous holiday allowance
15. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
16. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
17. Employee share scheme
18. Employee shopping savings portal
19. Payment of Professional Fees
20. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
21. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
22. ‘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
23. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.