Senior Project Controller in Christchurch

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Location: Christchurch or Yeovil

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £43,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

Role Description:

As a Senior Project Controller, you will operate planning, monitoring, and control processes across medium to large-scale projects, ensuring delivery against cost, schedule, and performance objectives. You will apply specialist knowledge in one or more project control disciplines, adapting tools and practices to suit varying project requirements. You will also support the development and continuous improvement of project control approaches, while providing guidance and instruction to others. The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to support effective project governance and delivery outcomes.

Core Duties:

• Devises an appropriate project control system for specific projects/ portfolios and agrees this plan with the PMs/ work content owners.
• Defines scope and provides cost estimates at the bid stage for projects that require project control support.
• Coordinates with the PM to define the project requirements, schedule objectives and to develop the schedule.
• Holds reviews with PMs/ work content owners to understand project progress and performance or risk.
• Uses outputs from these reviews to update Project Control tools (for example, update progress against a baseline on a schedule, update the risk register, update estimates to complete in a cost tracker).
• Undertakes analysis on the project and can interpret and communicate its meaning with the PM. This may include – cost and schedule risk analysis, Earned Value Analysis.
• Collates project status data and converts into an agreed format for reporting along with providing data towards the financial summary statement for the project or portfolio.
• Ensures that the impact of project changes are captured through maintaining control over the schedule and budget baselines.

Essential Skills:

• You’ll hold degree-level education or extensive practical experience demonstrating comparable expertise.
• You’ll have broad planning, monitoring and control experience demonstrated within a business or project.
• You’ll demonstrate an extensive, expert-level understanding of one or more project control tools, techniques and practices.
• You’ll have knowledge of the project control capability landscape, including professional institutions.
• You’ll have knowledge and experience of project control governance and assurance processes such as Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs).
• You’ll be able to communicate effectively and influence internal stakeholders, while capturing and sharing best practice to support consistent business outcomes.

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The PMO Team:

The Project Management Office (PMO) is a multi-site, collaborative team working within the Defence Business Unit. We support Project Managers and their teams to plan, schedule, monitor, report, and deliver projects and programmes on time and within budget, while driving consistency through standardised governance, shared best practices, and common tools.

Through strong cross-site collaboration, clear communication, and effective use of digital platforms, the PMO enables transparency, optimises resources, and ensures successful, consistent delivery across all locations.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 1st July 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.