Project Controls Manager

Job Title:              Project Controls Manager
Location:              Corsham, Wiltshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF63425

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 Hawthorn, Wiltshire site.

The Role
As a Project Controls Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As a Project Controls Manager, you will have an exciting and pivotal role in the successful delivery of our most complex projects and programmes.

Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with both Project and Programme Managers whilst leading a team of project controls professionals. To achieve success in this role, you will also be expected to develop strong relationships with a range of stakeholders, including the project team, wider functional teams, suppliers and customers.

• Establish/maintain or adhere to the specific Project Controls governance, processes and procedures across the project and in accordance with the related customer contract.
• Establish the Performance Measurement Baseline position in terms of scope/cost/schedule and the ongoing governance control of these.
• Manage scheduling staff to develop, manage, revise, and analyse integrated project schedules including all phases of project execution, including contract partnerships and relevant sub-suppliers.
• Undertake, or manage project controls staff to provide, cost management/change management/risk & opportunity management and document management provision.
• Establish a reliable and accurate Earned Value Management system, and on-going generation and interrogation of earned value reports to enable reporting to be completed in accordance with the contract and the enable to project and/or programme manager to make informed decisions.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with up to 2 days onsite in Corsham, Wiltshire and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Project Controls Manager

• An organised, confident communicator who also is self-motivated and the ability to transform complex problems into simple, elegant solutions.
• Experience in project controls on complex/major projects or programmes.
• Has 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 of applying and assuring related project controls governance measures.
• Experience in working with common project controls toolsets, such as MSP / P6, RiskHive, ERP / SAP systems.

Qualifications for the Project Controls Manager 

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

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. The successful candidate will be able to start on Standard (BPSS) security clearance, but will need to obtain and achieve Security Check (SC) security clearance once in post.

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
• 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit
• ‘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

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.

Closing Date: 11/04/2025

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