Here at General Dynamics the Project Controller is a wide ranging role that interfaces with a number of key project stakeholders across the business, but primarily with Project Managers and Control Account Managers.
Regular work tasks include:
- Scope Management
- Work with assigned Project Manager(s) to scope project requirements into a coherent WBS, OBS and RAM
- Analyse the impact of scope changes, making recommendations to assigned Project Manager(s)
- Schedule Management
- Produce resourced & time phased schedules with critical paths to help ensure that all tasks are complete and milestones are achieved on target and within budget.
- Maintain a project baseline schedule and track changes to the baseline as the project progresses
- Finance Management
- Track all expenditure on assigned projects, analyse spending trends and estimate final costs, reporting any deviation from baseline
- Risk Management
- Create and maintain risk registers. Organise and facilitate regular risk reviews with risk owners and track mitigation actions. Include mitigation actions in plans and schedules as part of performance measurement baselines
- Change Management
- Bid Support
- Support bids by providing schedules, resource demand and costing/estimates for the bid opportunity and the activities related to bid execution in line with the process
- Project Controller experience
- Creating and maintaining project schedules using Microsoft Project, use them to effectively manage and report progress on a project
- Excellent Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
- Can create, maintain and report risks using a risk management tool
- Experience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models is preferred
This role has a salary of between £32,400 and £46,000 plus our flexible benefits package.
We are open to this role being spent with time working from home and in the office (hybrid - typically 3 days working in office) on a weekly basis or fully in our offices.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:
- A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
- A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
- A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits
We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!
Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company.
We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.
All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.
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