Project Controller for Bid and Prospect Support

Location: Belfast, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Project Controller for Bid and Prospect Support – LR07

Location: Belfast – hybrid role with 3 days in the office weekly

We will consider Full time and Part time applications

Are you looking to develop a career in Project Controls?  If you have a background in PMO, Planning, Estimating/Cost office, or Risk this could be a new career opportunity for you?

What the role has to offer:

• Exposure to an extensive network of key stakeholders and the opportunity for professional development/career progression

• Working with leading edge technology  

What can we offer you?

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm

• Pension Scheme

• 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays) 

• Life Cover

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers

• Gym membership discounts

• Career Development opportunities

Our Opportunity

Thales UK has a fantastic opportunity for an individual to join our Project Management Office (PMO) as Project Controller, for Bid and Product Support as part of the centre of excellence for Integrated Airspace Protection Systems.

You will be responsible for ensuring that best practice Project Controls are deployed across bids in accordance with defined Thales processes and that data from those Controls is interpreted and clearly presented as actionable information for Bid & Project Leadership and Senior Management decision making. In particular, the role holder will ensure that all Projects have a robust Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and Performance Management Baseline (PMB).

Some of the Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Responsible for the deployment and performance of Project Controls within the bid function

• Integrated Master Schedule Creation (IMS) & Baseline Management

• Implementing and operating change control across bid & prospect baselines - ensuring clarity over the Performance Management Baseline (PMB)

•  Performance Management:

• Ensuring resource forward load is accurate and timely, including the analysis of resource profiles (labour and material) and making recommendations to reconcile anomalies and optimise deployment for assigned bid(s)

• Ensuring all deployed processes and tools are compliant with relevant company processes

• Where appropriate, providing Subject Matter Expertise for deployed tools

• Promoting a continuous improvement culture to Project Control processes: creating innovative solutions to improve local efficiency, ensuring ‘lessons learned’ are captured and incorporated, contributing to wider capability improvement across the Thales PMO community

About You:

If you have a background in PMO, Planning, Estimating/Cost office, or Risk (or similar), or transferable skills and aspirations to pursue a career in Project Controls this could be a new career opportunity for you?

You will have significant experience of planning, scheduling, data analysis & cost control within a complex engineering/manufacturing/ financial environment covering high level & detailed schedule compilation, programme reporting, budgeting & risk management together with the following:-

• Use of Primavera P6, Acumen FUSE and Risk X, as well as experience of using project scheduling and risk management tools in complex environments

• Using best practice to support the structuring of complex engineering projects including the WBS and IMS, ensuring the baseline is captured and realistic and conducting Critical Path Analysis

• A strong track record of successfully designing, deploying, operating and/or improving the full range of Project Controls in a context relevant to Thales

• Using Project data (E.g. Schedule Risk Analysis) to influence Bid & Project Leadership and Senior Management decision making and proactively mitigate risk through both reviews and the day to day operation of Project Controls

• Implementing robust governance and bid & project reporting frameworks

• Experience of deploying advanced Project Control techniques E.g. Earned Value Management and Schedule Risk Analysis

#LI-ST1

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

Great journeys start here, apply now!