Project Control Officer/Manager

Responsibilities:

Project Controls (Core Focus)

• Own and maintain project/build schedules covering hardware and R&D milestones.

• Track spend against budget across project workstreams; flag variances and help prepare forecasts.

• Prepare weekly/monthly status reports on schedule progress, budget position, and key risks for leadership.

• Maintain the project risk and issue log, and follow up on action items across teams.

• Support change control — logging and tracking scope, schedule, or budget changes as projects evolve.

• Build and maintain dashboards (Excel, Power BI a plus) that give a clear, single view of schedule and cost status.

Supply Chain Awareness (Supporting, Not Primary)

• Monitor delivery status of critical long-lead components and contracted work (cryogenics, optics, lasers, RF electronics) as an input to the schedule — not managing procurement itself.

• Flag to the procurement team when a part's status puts a milestone at risk, and reflect that in your reporting.

• Coordinate with procurement/lab teams to keep schedule data accurate, without owning vendor relationships, RFQs, or purchase orders.

Cross-functional Coordination

• Act as the point person for "where do things stand" across schedule, budget, and key dependencies — pulling information from hardware leads, program managers, and procurement into one coherent picture.

• Support project audits, close-out documentation, and lessons-learned tracking.

Qualifications:

Essential

• 1–3 years of experience in project coordination, project controls, program/business operations, or a related analytical role — internships and adjacent experience count.

• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Business, Project Management, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills; comfortable building and maintaining schedules, trackers, and dashboards; advanced Excel/Power BI advantageous.

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable pulling status updates from multiple people and systems.

• Clear written and verbal communication — you'll be reporting schedule and budget status to technical and leadership audiences alike.

Desirable

• Exposure to hardware, lab, or fab environments (physics, optics, cryogenics, semiconductor, or similar deep-tech programs).

• Formal project management qualification

• Exposure to procurement or supply chain coordination (including buy, ally, DIY decisions) is a plus, but not a requirement.

• Interest in quantum computing or emerging hardware technology.

Remuneration*:

• Total salary and bonus up to: £46,667 to £60,000

• Base salary: £40,000 to £51,429

• Company Milestone Bonus Scheme: up to £8,571 (2x £4,286 payments).

• Full earnings pension contribution with

• Employer/employee/relief at source contribution – 3%/4%/1%

Other Benefits:

• Private Medical Insurance, Group Life Insurance & Employee Assistance Programme.

• 26 Days of holiday + Public holidays.

• Flexibility around core hours.

• Regular company outings, team building and training opportunities.

• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice.

• Encouraged learning to continue professional development.

*Renumeration range reflect both roles, PCO range £40k-£50k & PCM range £50-£60k.