Job Title:                     Project Controller

Location:                     Malvern, Bristol, Farnborough

Package:                      Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Project Controller at our Malvern site where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds.

Overview

The UK Intelligence PMO currently has a Project Controller opportunity based at either Malvern, Bristol or Farnborough. Project Controllers work in partnership with Project and Programme Managers providing core services throughout the project lifecycle. Services include but are not limited to setting up new projects, maintaining project data, creating and maintaining project plans and schedules, submitting financial forecasts, raising customer invoices, raising supplier purchase orders and receipting associated goods and services, project reporting and supporting bidding activities.

Role Purpose

The Project Controller is responsible for the delivery of project controls services for very low to low complexity projects within the UK Intelligence business.

Key Accountabilities

• Undertake tasks and activities, as required, in the delivery of project controls services to the UK Intelligence (UKI) business in accordance with the UKI PMO Strategy and QinetiQ Operating Framework
• Maintain accurate, timely, valid, complete and relevant data for projects to provide trusted and reliable information enabling informed decision making and accurate project reporting
• Monitor, control and report on project performance for projects up to Life Cycle Management Level 1 (LCM Level as defined in QinetiQ Operating Framework)
• Maintain regular, open and positive lines of communication within the Project Controls team, with programme and project teams and other key delivery partners
• Apply best practice and lessons learned in the delivery of project controls services

Key Capabilities/Knowledge

• Able to communicate confidently with people at all levels
• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and multi-task
• Quality orientated with attention to detail
• Good record keeping skills
• Able to make decisions based on own knowledge and experience
• Able to use own initiative in non-standard situations without supervision
• Competent in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and SharePoint)

Why join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in an diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture here.  

Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting defence-based projects with vast career progression across a global organisation in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits.  You’ll receive a highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what’s happening in the market. The range of benefits that we offer include, adaptive and flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more. 

About QinetiQ

As a company of over 6,000 dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants that already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information that mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may have an effect on the roles that you can be employed in.