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With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.\nGeneral Dynamics in St Leonards-on-Sea currently provide avionic mission computing systems for a wide range of military fast jets, helicopters, and UAV’s. Recent success has resulted in General Dynamics developing the next generation of Advanced High Performance, Safety Critical Mission Computer Systems to meet the needs of latest platforms in development by several aircraft manufacturers. These Mission Computing Systems provide the functionality that integrates aircraft systems, sensor systems and stores management systems with the information and control systems required by the aircrew to meet the demanding operational needs of these aircraft.\n Here at General Dynamics the Project Controller is a wide ranging role that interfaces with a number of key project stakeholders across the business, but primarily with Project Managers and Control Account Managers.\nRegular work tasks include:\n Scope ManagementWork with assigned Project Manager(s) to scope project requirements into a coherent WBS, OBS and RAM\nAnalyse the impact of scope changes, making recommendations to assigned Project Manager(s)\n\nSchedule ManagementProduce resourced & time phased schedules with critical paths to help ensure that all tasks are complete and milestones are achieved on target and within budget.\nMaintain a project baseline schedule and track changes to the baseline as the project progresses\n\nFinance ManagementTrack all expenditure on assigned projects, analyse spending trends and estimate final costs, reporting any deviation from baseline\n\nRisk ManagementCreate and maintain risk registers. Organise and facilitate regular risk reviews with risk owners and track mitigation actions. Include mitigation actions in plans and schedules as part of performance measurement baselines\n\nChange Management\n Bid SupportSupport bids by providing schedules, resource demand and costing/estimates for the bid opportunity and the activities related to bid execution in line with the process\n\n Project Controller experience\nCreating and maintaining project schedules using Microsoft Project, use them to effectively manage and report progress on a project\nExcellent Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)\nCan create, maintain and report risks using a risk management tool\nExperience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models is preferred\n This role has a salary of between £32,400 and £46,000 plus our flexible benefits package.\nWe are open to this role being spent with time working from home and in the office (hybrid - typically 3 days working in office) on a weekly basis or fully in our offices.\nWe pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:\nA compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off. \nA personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company. \nA flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits \nWe believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!\nOur success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company.\nWe are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.\nPlease email  if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.\nAll successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.\nEvery application matters to us. We want you to know that each application we receive is reviewed by a real person-not just an algorithm. 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