Project Controls Manager

Job Title:             Project Controls Manager
Location:             Bristol OR Plymouth + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:   Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:          Full time / Permanent
Role ID:              SF58556

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Controls Manager at our either our Bristol or Devonport sites.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to support our nuclear deterrent?  Dreadnought is the largest programme in UK Defence. Babcock have considerable experience, unique knowledge, and insights to aid Dreadnought’s transition into service, providing the MOD with technical and management support, engineering best practice and submarine maintenance achievability.

The role

As a Project Controls Manager within the Future Submarines area of the Submarine Support Engineering (SSE) Business Unit, Dreadnought Project Management Office (PMO), you will have an exciting and pivotal role in the successful delivery of the Dreadnought Delivery Phase 3 (DP3) contract. You'll lead on the implementation and management of effective project controls measures relating to scope, cost, time, risk and quality. Utilising these measures, you will enable strategic performance analysis to be undertaken against the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), highlighting variances, trends and insights needed to inform effective decision making.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Work closely with the Programme Managers and Control Account Managers whilst leading a team of project controls professionals.
• You will also  develop strong relationships with a range of stakeholders, including the project team, wider functional teams, suppliers, and the customer MoD.
• You will be expected to support with on-going development of the Projects Controls capability within the wider Future Submarine Business.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2/3 days in the office/onsite and 2/3 days working from home. This role also operates with the option of a 9-day fortnight working arrangement.

Essential experience of the Project Controls Manager

• Extensive experience in a PMO position.
• Awareness of various contracting methodologies (e.g., Estimate Based Fee, Fixed Price, Limit of Liability etc).
• Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to close out.
• Have good knowledge of PMO toolsets and the integration of these.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external staff, at all levels within the Submarine Enterprise, including senior management.

Qualifications for the Project Controls Manager

• Hold a Project Management Qualification such as Association for Project Management.
• Ideally degree qualified in a relevant discipline with relevant experience or HNC/HND qualified with significant expereince.

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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance (Up to 8%)
• 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 is a benefit that allows the majority of 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.
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• Opportunity to work on some of the most exciting engineering projects this country has to offer.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re 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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