# Principal Project Controller - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Package: £50,400 - £56,000(salary dependent on experience) + Benefits Role ID: SF20889 Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Principal Project Controller on a 12-Month FTC at our Farnborough facility, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds. The Role You will be fully responsible and accountable for project controls throughout the project lifecycle. Planning, monitoring, and controlling project performance. The Principal Project Controller leads the development and maintenance of integrated project controls processes across major programmes or portfolios. You will partner with Project Managers, Programme Managers, Commercial teams, Finance, and senior stakeholders to monitor project performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide accurate forecasting to support strategic decision-making. Your responsibilities will include: Scheduling: Maintaining project schedules including resource management.

- **Id**: 3861408
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/qinetiq-principal-project-controller-12-month-fixed-term-contract>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Malvern, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T09:43:08Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T11:22:39Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3898
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Defense Manufacturing, Engineering Services, Testing, Inspection & Certification

## Company

- **Id**: 51551
- **Name**: QinetiQ
- **Domain**: qinetiq.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/qinetiq>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.2
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 21
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 50400
- **Max**: 56000
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 75442

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Waterfall** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T09:43:08Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker, Graduate Trainee); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker; Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 21
- **Reasons**: conf:5, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 75442
- **Is top pay**: no

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