Job Description

Senior Project Controller

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Location:
Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Project Controller

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: 45,284 - 52,872 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70830

Lead Complex Projects That Shape the Future of Defence Engineering

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 Senior Project Controller at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Senior Project Controller, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. you'll play a pivotal role within our Advanced Manufacturing Team as part of an integrated project team delivering new, high?impact manufacturing projects within the nuclear sector. This is a chance to apply your expertise to projects that underpin national security, contribute to the UK's low?carbon future, and support some of the most complex engineering programmes in the country.





Day?to?day you'll be required to:




Lead and develop the Project Controls team across multiple workstreams. Develop and maintain integrated project schedules (Levels 1-4) to support successful project delivery. Define, implement and manage project control structures including WBS, OBS, RBS and CBS. Ensure alignment between key project control tools, including Primavera P6, Cobra and IFS, for accurate schedule, cost and material requirement tracking. Provide regular schedule updates, metrics and analysis, including critical path and resource/cost?loaded forecasts that inform financial and delivery performance.




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

Essential experience of the Senior Project Controller

Experience using Primavera P6 in a project planning or project controls environment. Understanding of earned value management techniques and rules of credit. Experience working across full project lifecycles, from bid through to closeout. Experience with integrated scheduling and project structure development (WBS/OBS/RBS/CBS). Experience applying forensic planning techniques.

Qualifications for the Senior Project Controller

Relevant professional experience in project controls, planning, or a related technical discipline. Experience using Cobra (training can be provided) - Desirable Working knowledge of IFS to Level 5 - 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. 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually. '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: 29/01/2026

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