Manufacturing Project Controller
At a glance
Mid-level Accounting role at Mbda. Bolton · full-time · £36,000–£45,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build and update manufacturing plans so products meet agreed schedules, costs and scope
- Check cost forecasts, investigate unusual projections and compare actual spending with budget to guide corrective action
- Review project schedules and coordinate with stakeholders to check their accuracy and alignment with planning principles
- Set up the project’s budget and schedule baseline, managing changes through project governance
- Prepare project health reporting by analysing cost, timing and resource data, then highlight key drivers and mitigation steps
What you bring
- You have planning experience from detailed plans through to milestone-level delivery schedules
- You can build project structures and analyse schedule, resource and cost performance data
- You understand budget control and schedules that include cost and resource forecasts
- You have used a project management tool such as SAP, ARM or Primavera, or another listed tool
- You can assess reporting data, explain variances and work with stakeholders across teams
Who this fits
This role suits someone who can work independently while coordinating with colleagues across project and manufacturing teams. It is based in Bolton, with two to three on-site days each week. Applicants must be British citizens or dual UK nationals who also hold British citizenship; successful candidates undergo BPSS checks after an offer.
From the employer
With the recent growth across our Project Control function, we have opportunities for enthusiastic and motivated Project Planners and Project Controllers to join our team, where you will have an opportunity to grow your skills and develop your career within a collaborative and encouraging environment.
Salary: Circa £36,000 - £45,000 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
- Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
- Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
- Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
- Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
- Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
- Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
- Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
The opportunity:
With the recent growth across our Project Control function, we have opportunities for enthusiastic and motivated Project Planners and Project Controllers to join our team, where you will have an opportunity to grow your skills and develop your career within a collaborative and encouraging environment. This role is based within the manufacturing environment, ensuring that our products are built to schedule, cost, and scope. The project controller will be responsible for creation and maintenance of the manufacturing plans, reporting into both manufacturing and core project teams.
Validation of Cost Control methods in Project environments - Ability to forecast and apportion costs as accurate and appropriate. The assessment of outlying forecasts, to support the EAC and reinforce Project production data. Comparing actuals and forecasts to identify variances to budget, and support mitigation or corrective action
Schedule Assessment - Steering the validation of Project level schedules as accurate, coherent and in accordance with the Programme planning principles. Interfacing into various stakeholders to validate P6 schedules/forecasts across a variety of business disciplines.
Integrated Baseline Management - Leading the generation of the Integrated Baseline (budget & schedule) in order to successfully deliver the programme in accordance with planning principles and project governance (change control)
Project Reporting – Responsible for producing data to support project health. Analysing cost, schedule, resource and applying insight to key drivers and mitigation activity. Understanding cost and resource loaded schedules which includes accurate forecasting of resources required to meet demand and the analysis of spend vs planned resource
Continuous improvement – Proactively managing challenges, using initiative to drive improvements and standardisation
What we're looking for from you:
- Planning experience - ranging from detailed planning to summary level milestone delivery plans.
- Capability in creating and maintaining project structures (WBS/CBS/OBS)
- Experience in generating and analysing project performance data (schedule, resource, and cost).
- Understanding of cost and resource loaded schedules
- Experience in managing projects to budget and Cost Control
- Experience of Project Management Toolsets (SAP/ARM/Primavera/Oracle Unifier/MSP)
- Knowledge of Baseline Management and Change Control
- Accountability for project data – owning the quality of the project control reporting suite, ability to analyse variances and produce data insight
- Ability to influence, work independently and be part of an integrated multi-functional team
- Clear communication skills and strong stakeholder management. The ability to foster collaborative working relationships with colleagues at all levels
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage conflicting demands
Whilst not essential, it would be beneficial if you have the following:
- Risk & Opportunity Management / What- If analysis
- Critical Path Analysis
- EVM
- Experience of working within a manufacturing/operational environment
Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more…
We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.
Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.
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