Project Controller

6 months ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Thales Full time

Location: Glasgow, 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 five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, 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 Planner / Project Controller**

**Location**:Glasgow - Hybrid working (3 days per week from office vs. home)

Do you have a proven background as a Project Planner / Project Controller? Do you want to work on mission-critical Projects with cutting-edge technology? We currently have exciting opportunities for Project Planner / Controllers at varying levels of experience in Glasgow.

**What the roles have to offer**:

- The opportunity to put your skills to use on complex engineering projects that make a real impact to our customers and their users across the globe
- Opportunity to join a vibrant industry with lots of growth potential in the UK and overseas export contracts
- The opportunity for development and progression at all levels of the organisation and the support to succeed wherever you want to take your career in the future

**Core Benefits**:
On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;
- Performance-related bonus
- Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
- 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
- 24 hours volunteering paid for
- Private healthcare (grade dependent)
- Pension scheme
- 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

**About the team**

Project Planners / Controllers in Thales are a critical part of the Project Management team. Day to day you will work closely with one or more Project Managers and Project Technical Leaders, but you will also be part of a much larger Project community which will support your professional development with coaching/mentoring, targeted training and professional certification as appropriate.

**Our Opportunity**

We are looking for talented individuals who can bring strength and capability to Project Management teams, with a professional background in Project Planning / Controls. Your primary focus will be on developing and maintaining robust project baselines, deploying best practice controls, using data from the project to proactively identify trends/variances/risks and preparing accurate and succinct reports for management attention.

Our projects are often highly complex, typically including large components of engineering design, in-house manufacture and the management of complex supply chains. Our Project Planners / Controllers ensure that this complexity is managed through structure and a regular drumbeat that keeps all of the different parts of the team in alignment.

**Our requirements**:

- Proven experience working as a Project Planner / Project Controller, ideally within the defence (or similar sector)
- Experience using Primavera P6 to create and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), conduct Change Control, Forecasting, Deploying KPIs, Variance Analysis, Risk & Opportunity Management, Project Governance and Project Reporting.
- You will bring structure to complex situations, have a keen eye for detail and the ability evaluate, interpret distil and communicate complex information.

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 con

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