Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits Role ID: SF19906 Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Project Controller at our Boscombe Down site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds. The Role As a Project Controller, you will provide support across a range of global projects, ranging in size, where your analytical mind and scheduling skills will shape the progress of your managed Projects. Day-to-day, you’ll be part of a wider team where you’ll capture progress updates from work package leads, adjust actual start and finish dates, review changes in sequencing or dependencies and validate remaining durations. Your responsibilities will include: <ul style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Day to day scheduling on a range of projects</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Forecasting spend and communicating on shortfalls or obstacles</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Analysis and reporting data</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Risk Management – Identify, assess, plan and implement risk response</li> </ul> Essential experience of the Project Controller: <ul style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Clear communication skills is a MUST</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Forecasting and scheduling experience is desirable</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Analytical mind would be advantageous</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Ability to work to tight and sometimes pressurised deadlines</li> </ul> Essential qualifications for the Project Controller: <ul style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Degree educated or experienced in a similar role</li> </ul> We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you. This role is 37 hours per week based at Boscombe Down. Hybrid working patterns are available. Minimum average site attendance of 3 days per week. Boscombe Down MOD Boscombe Down is a unique operational site featuring the longest military runway in the UK. Primarily focusing on providing testing, evaluation and support services for aviation and aerospace systems. Renowned for its extensive flight-testing capabilities the site plays a vital role in the UK’s aviation defence contributing to the development, testing and airworthiness of military aircraft enhancing operational readiness and effectiveness. 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. As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences 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 a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. <a href="http://www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq">www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq</a> Our Benefits <ul style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community</li> </ul> Our Recruitment Process: We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in. Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-national-security-vetting-solution-guidance-for-subjects">UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> #LI-DD1

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