Project Controller (Aerospace)

Location: Noordwijk, the Netherlands

Company

HE Space provides managed services and human resources to the international space sector, supporting engineering, science, software, operations, finance, and administration programmes across Europe.

What you will do

• Support the planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting of space programmes, including schedules, procurement actions, costs, manpower, and Cost-at-Completion activities.
• Prepare and maintain programme-level, work, procurement, resource, and contract execution plans.
• Monitor resource targets, perform forecasts, identify deviations, coordinate recovery actions, and produce management reports.
• Support tender actions, proposal price and schedule analysis, contract commitments, milestone payment plans, invoicing, and payment verification.
• Maintain industrial return data, verify its coherence with corporate records, and support programme and project risk management.
• Help define and improve processes and tools, prepare related documentation, and support the directorate’s Risk Management process.

Requirements

• Mandatory Master’s degree in Engineering, MBA, Business Administration, or an equivalent qualification from a recognised institution.
• At least 4 years of relevant experience, such as experience as a project controller.
• Ability to assimilate and coordinate input data and provide timely output.
• Reliability, rigour, initiative, analytical, organisational, and reporting skills, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Proficiency with IT tools.
• Fluent English is mandatory.

Nice to have

• Previous experience or knowledge of Agency activities.
• Experience with SAP and relevant Agency corporate applications or ESA IT tools.
• Knowledge of another European language.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position in an international space-sector working environment.
• Work with programmes including Galileo, Copernicus, ExoMars, Iris2, LISA Pathfinder, Euclid, and the International Space Station.
• Inclusive and respectful workplace committed to combating discrimination and supporting gender diversity.

Hiring process

• Send a CV in English, in Word or PDF format, by clicking “Apply for this job”.
• Quote job reference NL-HP-26191 in the application.
• Applications are accepted until 31/12/2026.