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L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 48,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

About the role:

We are looking for a Project Controller to join our Project Management Office (PMO) as part of our wider Programmes & Services Team working directly with the Project Managers across our Intelligence & Cyber teams in Tewkesbury and Fleet. 

Responsibilities of the role:

• Responsible for bringing schedule expertise to deliver consistent and accurate project Schedules for the more complex L3Harris projects. The role will also require preparation and guidance for Earned Value Management (EVM) and Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) on major programmes.
• Working closely with the Project Managers, Resource Managers and Delivery Assurance to ensure project schedules follow best practice and are created in a consistent manor and appropriately detailed, resourced and maintained in accordance with L3harris project management standards and processes.
• Provide support to Project/Programme/Portfolio Managers in the production and review and assessment of L3Harris projects; plans, issues, risks and opportunities, ensuring all key items are accurately reflected in project schedules and corresponding resource plans, specifically:
  • Analysis and reporting – Analysing and reporting data to develop a complete and accurate picture that will inform decisions regarding the management, quality and control of projects.
  • Performance and Baseline management – Identifying, agreeing and implementing appropriate performance management techniques for the project. This includes identifying trends and deviations from the original plan and recommending appropriate corrective actions.
  • Schedule control – Identifying, applying and evaluating schedule control techniques, which support the management of progress against a timetable and consider factors such as limited resources and estimating uncertainty.
  • Cost control – Identifying, applying and evaluating cost control techniques to support the monitoring, managing and reporting of costs.
  • Quality control – identifying, applying and evaluating quality control techniques to support the monitoring and managing of quality.
  • Risk control – Identifying, applying and evaluating risk control techniques to inform the risk management process.
  • Carry out resource aggregations from the current and forward schedules to drive efficient resource management and skills heat-maps.
  • Work with the Engineering Team Leads on a weekly basis regarding resource allocations, generating various resource reports and developing new reports.
  • Contribute to and produce project management reports, including weekly reports, customer reports, input into bi-weekly reports, monthly reports, adhoc status and stand-up/visual management in line with the project process.
  • Contribute to Financial Management. Support the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) production of sales and cash and invoicing. To be accountable for revenue and gross margin achievement on standard orders/customer funded/IRAD projects, monitoring the expenditures and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the projects progress. Reporting financial data and forecasts on managed and other identified projects.
  • Support the Project Management Organisation to produce inputs and prepare presentations for the monthly Resource Review meeting and monthly Supply meeting.  Provide analysis on the data changes month on month.   

Experience & Skills:

Essential:

• Demonstrable direct experience of project planning, costing, risk-management and change management including working within a Project Office environment.
• Highly computer literate including MS Office and ‘super-user’ MS Project (including Server) skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills combined with experience of leading teams and managing relationships with all levels of the business.
• Full project lifecycle experience including the practical and effective use of formal project and risk management tools and methodologies.
• Knowledge of Earned Value management and Schedule Risk Analysis.

Desirable:

• Industry recognised Project Management qualification, such as APM
• Defence industry and/or experience of an engineering organisation.
• Experience of MS Server, Power BI, SAP, SharePoint

More Information

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance relevant to the country of the position. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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