Project Controller in Dunfermline

Help shape complex infrastructure projects that protect what matters most. 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 Controller at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Project Controller, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be a vital part of our Project Management Office, supporting the delivery of a fast‑paced portfolio of complex infrastructure projects within our marine sector. You’ll bring clarity, control and insight to programmes that truly matter, working with diverse technical and commercial teams to ensure projects remain on track, on time and within budget.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Supporting the development of project packs, governance reports and performance metrics
• Maintaining baseline budgets, cost control processes and earned value management data
• Managing schedules, change control activity and project documentation
• Developing and maintaining risk and opportunity registers, tracking mitigation actions
• Engaging with multidisciplinary internal teams and external stakeholders to support delivery

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Project Controller

• Recent, relevant experience in a project controls or project management environment
• Understanding and hands‑on experience of earned value management principles
• Experience working within complex, regulated or infrastructure‑led sectors
• Confidence analysing cost, schedule and performance data
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Qualifications for the Project Controller

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, project management, construction management or a related discipline - desirable
• A professional qualification such as APM, Association for Cost Engineering, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or equivalent - desirable
• Knowledge of NEC4 contracting principles - desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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.

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 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 20/08/2026