Project Controls Manager

Job Title:

Project Controls Manager

Location:

Walsall, West Midlands + Hybrid Working Arrangements Compensation: £65,000 Dependent on Experience + Benefits Role Type:
Full time / Permanent Role  Shape the future of project delivery in a dynamic engineering environment

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Controls Manager at Walsall, near Birmingham, West Midlands.

As a Project Controls Manager, you’ll lead the development and implementation of our Project Management Office (PMO) strategy within a fast-paced vehicle conversion and manufacturing environment. This is a strategic and delivery-focused role where you’ll oversee the planning, execution, and governance of complex engineering and production programmes, ensuring alignment with business goals, regulatory standards, and customer expectations.

• Design, embed, and lead PMO strategy, processes, and localised project control mechanisms tailored to manufacturing and engineering environments.
• Oversee cross-functional project delivery across design, procurement, production, and quality assurance.
• Implement robust governance frameworks to manage risk, compliance, and change control.
• Act as Gate Keeper and Mentor to ensure project lifecycle stages, gate reviews, and approval processes are understood and followed.
• Champion digital tools and systems for project tracking and reporting (e.g., MS Project, ERP systems, Power
  
  BI dashboards).

The role is based onsite at Walsall, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday, with an early finish on Friday, totalling 37.5 hours per week. Hybrid working patterns are available.

• Proven experience leading PMO or large-scale project portfolios in manufacturing, automotive, or engineering sectors.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to take initiative, work independently under pressure, organise and prioritise tasks.
• Ability to mentor and develop project managers and coordinators.

• Degree in Project Management, Engineering or closely related fields.
• Certified to either PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM PMQ, with proven post-qualification experience.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2).
• Expertise in project planning tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, ERP systems).

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels -  ().

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email car with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.