About the role

  • Senior Project Controller leading submarine disposal projects at Babcock, focusing on UK defense capabilities and project performance across a diverse team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the delivery of complex, high-impact projects that shape national security
  • Act as deputy to the Senior Project Controls Manager, guiding a large and diverse Project Controls team
  • Ensure the successful control of up to nine major submarine disposal projects
  • Oversee planning, governance, and reporting for multiple submarine disposal baselines
  • Drive coherence and quality across all project controls datasets and performance metrics
  • Deliver project assurance activities across the full project lifecycle, including pre-bid
  • Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to over 30 project controls professionals

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in project controls, project management, or programme management.
  • Proven experience leading and managing teams.
  • Recent, relevant experience in cost control or finance within a comparable sector.
  • Experience managing complex project controls across varied products, services, and lifecycle stages.
  • Experience working within engineering, nuclear, defence, or other highly regulated environments (advantageous).
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, project management, construction management or a related discipline.
  • APM Project Professional Qualification (PPQ) or equivalent.
  • Additional project management certifications or advanced professional memberships - Desirable.
  • The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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 shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • 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.
  • ‘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

Job title

Senior Project Controller

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

£54,019 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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