Senior Project Controller
// Role Summary
Join General Dynamics Mission Systems as a Senior Project Controller to support project managers in ensuring scope, schedule, and budget adherence. This role involves integrating cost, risk, and schedule data to inform performance and reporting.
// Key Responsibilities
- Support Project Managers with planning, scope, schedule, and budget adherence.
- Integrate cost, risk, and schedule data for performance reporting.
- Assist in developing project dashboards and automated reporting.
- Support resource management and capacity planning.
- Requires proficiency in Microsoft Project, Office, Project Online, PowerBI, and risk management tools.
- Extensive experience in project controls including EVM and change management.
// Role Specification
About General Dynamics Mission Systems
General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.
Senior Project Controller Role
As a Senior Project Controller, you will have a wide-ranging role that interfaces with a number of key project stakeholders across the business, primarily with Project Managers, Control Account Managers and Finance Managers. The principal purpose of the role is to:
- Support assigned Project Manager(s) to promote good planning practice and ensure scope, schedule & budget adherence.
- Be responsible for bringing together cost, risk and schedule data to inform, report and help improve performance.
- Assist with the development of Project dashboards and automated reporting.
- Support the business with resource management and capacity planning.
What You Will Bring
The successful candidate will be a forward-thinking Project Controller with the ability to challenge the status quo. You will bring:
- Essential: Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Office applications, Project Online, and PowerBi for creating and maintaining complex project schedules and reports.
- Essential: Experience in creating, maintaining, and reporting risks using risk management tools.
- Extensive knowledge and experience in project controls, including planning/scheduling management, cost estimation, risk management, performance management (EVM), and change management.
- Proven experience in project controls on complex/major projects or programmes, including governance measures and reporting.
What We Offer
We offer hybrid working, with an average of 2 days per week on site. 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, meaning 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.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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.
Security Clearance
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.