Job Title:               Project Controls Capability Lead
Location:               Ashton, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:     Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:            Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                SF63065

 

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 Controls Capability Lead at our Ashton, Bristol site.

 

The role
As a Project Controls Capability Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will lead our central Mission Systems Project Controls function (including individual disciplines for Planning & Scheduling, Risk Management and Cost & Estimating) to ensure best practice approaches, governance, tools, and techniques, in line with Group policies, are embedded as part of our local operating model(s) and project delivery lifecycle.

 

Day-to-day, reporting to the Head of Project Management & Project Controls, you will have a leading functional role and one that offers the ability to actively shape the future of project controls across our Mission Systems business. In your capacity as our Project Controls Capability Lead you will: 

 

Develop and own our strategy for developing and maintaining a mature project controls capability across our business, ensuring alignment and adherence to our Global Project Management Framework (GPMF). Ensure mature project controls governance, processes and best practices are established across our portfolio, focusing on both active projects and future growth opportunities. Utilise enterprise toolsets to enable the practice of regular management reporting to project, programme, or senior management teams to provide relevant, accurate and reliable information on current and future performance across our portfolio. Instil a strong project controls culture across the breadth of our portfolio, ensuring a forward-looking and proactive mindset is adopted throughout. Be responsible for leading our community of individuals specialised in project controls, including professional development, mentoring and coaching. You will also work with the PM&PC Operations Lead to generate a pipeline of suitably qualified and experienced project controls professionals in line with related delivery demand across the wider portfolio.

 

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2-3 days in the office and the remainder from home. 

 

Essential experience of the Project Controls Capability Lead

Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar project controls environment / business. Managed delivery of project controls capabilities of varying types and complexity: including varying products, services, across all phases of the lifecycle, and demonstrable experience in multiple sectors or different businesses. Successful track record of Management in a senior leadership role within a complex regulated and/or safety-critical environment, with the ability to manage effective relationships with strategic stakeholders and interfacing functions. Significant experience of leading and motivating large direct and indirect teams to establish improved productivity and positive morale. Expert knowledge in use of project controls toolsets such as MSP, P6, Active Risk Manager, RiskHive, Safran, Primavera Risk Analyser, Acumen Fuse, Power BI and Deltek Cobra / PM Compass. 

 

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a SOLE UK National who is 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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

 

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 share scheme  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 the majority of 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 Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

 

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

 

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: 04/04/2025

 

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