Project Controller (Aerospace)

Location: Harwell, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global employs the successful candidate to provide project control and management support to the European Space Agency at ESA/ECSAT.

What you will do

• Control project costs, schedules, risks, work breakdown structures, configuration, documentation, progress, and geographical return.
• Prepare and maintain cost plans for industrial and operating costs, forecasts, dashboards, management reports, KPIs, and programme status reports.
• Plan, monitor, and control procurements and contracts from tendering through negotiation, execution, and closure.
• Identify trends, deviations, risks, and potential problem areas, and coordinate remedial and mitigation actions with project managers.
• Maintain project-related data in the ESA ERP system and support project control procedures, systems improvement, and digitalisation.
• Support change and review boards, tender evaluation boards, programme boards, contract negotiations, and internal and external reporting.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Engineering, MBA, or an equivalent university degree in Business Administration.
• At least 4 years of relevant professional experience, including project or resource controlling in the aerospace industry.
• Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Excel, and knowledge of finance and accounting.
• Ability to understand and adapt to the ESA context, environment, corporate IT applications, and procedures.
• Eligibility to live and work in the United Kingdom is required.
• Fluent written and spoken English is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with SAP, particularly ECC and SRM modules.
• Previous experience with ESA corporate applications, including ESA-p.
• Knowledge of another official ESA language.

Culture & Benefits

• Employment by hirify.global or one of its subsidiaries.
• Work supporting European Space Agency programmes and projects.
• Equal opportunity and diversity-focused employment environment.
• General security screening by an external provider is required after selection.

Hiring process

• Submit the application and CV in English.
• Selected candidates undergo general security screening by an external provider.