CAPEX Engineering Project Controller in Slough

Overview

Job Title: CAPEX Project Controller
Location: Slough, UK

The actual location of this job is in Slough, United Kingdom. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

This role is based at our Slough site and is a key position within the Capital Projects team, responsible for controlling project budgets, schedules, and forecasts across a portfolio of capital projects. You will work closely with project managers to ensure successful project delivery and financial performance.

What you will get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture
• An inclusive and ethical workplace
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance
• A variety of benefits dependent on role and location

Create and maintain project cost forecasts across the portfolio.

• Report weekly KPIs, including costs and provide variance analysis.
• Review cost and schedule estimates against established norms and request improvements.
• Develop project cost controlling and capitalization structures for efficient reporting and asset capitalization.
• Manage the monthly forecast cycle, accruals, and enhance cashflow accuracy.
• Support the annual CAPEX and maintenance budget target setting.
• Collaborate closely with Capital Project, Global Engineering, Site Controlling, and Finance teams to drive project performance.

What we are looking for:

• Degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance (preferred).
• Strong experience in project controlling and cost accounting, including WBS elements, process/internal orders.
• Advanced Excel and SAP skills.
• Experience with LEAN thinking and root cause analysis.
• Strong business acumen, analytical skills, and results-driven mindset.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.