Project Controller in Dunfermline

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £39,237 - £46,064 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the future of complex engineering projects. 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 play a vital role at the heart of complex engineering programmes within our Marine business.
• You’ll bring structure, insight and control to projects that are critical to national defence and infrastructure, ensuring delivery is on time, on budget and aligned with business and contractual requirements.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Developing and maintaining integrated project schedules and baseline budgets
• Managing risk and opportunity registers, driving mitigation and improvement actions
• Supporting cost control, forecasting, and performance reporting activities
• Implementing and maintaining change management processes in line with contract requirements
• Collaborating with stakeholders across project teams to ensure alignment and delivery success

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Friday and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Project Controller:

• Demonstrating experience in project controls or project management within a relevant sector
• Working within a multidisciplinary team environment to deliver projects
• Applying project controls tools and techniques, including performance analysis and reporting
• Understanding project lifecycle management and delivery methodologies
• Showing awareness of common contract frameworks such as NEC or similar

Qualifications for the Project Controller:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, project management, construction management or a related field or equivalent experience
• APM Project Management Fundamentals Qualification or willingness to achieve within 12 months
• Professional membership or accreditation such as APM, Association of Cost Engineers or Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is advantageous
• Postgraduate qualification is 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.

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 is 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 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: 07/07/2026