Project Controller

2 weeks ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Spire Global Full time
Spire Global is a space-to-cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites. Its proprietary data and algorithms provide the most advanced maritime, aviation, and weather tracking in the world.

In addition to its constellation, Spire's data infrastructure includes a global ground station network and 24/7 operations that provide real-time global coverage of every point on Earth.


The Role:


As a Project Controller, you will be responsible for all aspects of implementation and maintenance of controls for each assigned project.

This includes initial planning, schedule maintenance, budget control, risk and opportunity mitigation and project baseline control. The role also includes providing support to project managers.

Responsibilities:

  • Generating and updating the schedule, including baseline management.
  • Supporting reviews of the schedule including the critical path, task status, resource loading/forecast and overall health of the logic and dependencies.
  • Generation of schedule scenarios in a sandpit environment to assess secondary, tertiary critical paths, or assess options to reduce timelines
  • Maintenance and analysis of spend vs. budget relative to project spend profile, maintaining an estimate to complete
  • Identifying trends, analysis of variance and recommendation of root cause/corrective action both for schedule performance and cost performance indicators
  • Facilitating formal change control on projects including any impact to budget, schedule, resources and the contract
  • Proactive maintenance of risk and opportunity management, ensuring key actions are represented in the schedule and progress is being made towards risk/opportunity retiral
  • Working with project leadership to identify and implement appropriate metrics

Required Experience:

  • At least 2 years' proven experience working as a Project Controller / Scheduler / Planner, ideally within the aerospace or defence industry.
  • Effective planning and organising, adapts to changing and competing priorities within a fastpaced 24/7 global business.
  • Proactive with a solutionsbased approach, willing to challenge the status quo.
  • Collaborative, selfmotivated and proactive interfacing effectively across the business.
  • Demonstrates ownership, works autonomously, and supports wider team activities.
  • Analytical skills, and a strong ability to work with detail and accuracy.
  • Committed to continuous improvement, development of skills and processes.
  • Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Preferred Experience:

  • Bachelor's Degree in business, engineering, or applicable field of study
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft products


Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in office.

Access to US export controlled software and/or technology may be required.

Spire is Global and our success draws upon the diverse viewpoints, skills and experiences of our employees.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.


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