Project Control Lead

Job Title: IBP and Resource Lead

Location: Samlesbury – Hybrid, 3 days on site per week with 1 of them at Warton site

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £59491+ (DOE)

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

You’ll play a key role within the Project and Business Management Project Control Office, supporting a large and fast-paced digital portfolio across architecture, technology services and cyber programmes. Working with project control tools and financial systems, you’ll provide insight into cost, performance and resource organisation, helping teams deliver effectively across a significant non-labour portfolio.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across all levels, including presenting data to senior Stakeholders, supporting resource planning and contributing to recruitment and third-party strategy activities. This role offers excellent exposure, practical experience across digital programmes and considerable opportunities for professional growth within a supportive and development focused environment.

Core duties:

• Supporting a team, providing day-to-day guidance, coaching and supporting ongoing development and performance
• Overseeing five-year planning activities, coordinating stakeholders to align financial forecasts with strategic targets
• Coordinating quarterly reforecast processes, validating data and ensuring alignment with previous forecasts and targets
• Developing resource plans, balancing demand and supply to support effective labour-force and operational delivery
• Monitoring cost risks and opportunities, supporting recruitment activities to maintain capability across the function

Essential Skills:

• Experience applying Integrated Business Planning processes, including demand and supply planning within multi-layered organisations
• Good data interpretation skills, compiling information and producing clear reports and presentations for stakeholders
• Ability to identify issues and implement effective solutions within fast-paced environments
• Considerable organisational skills, overseeing priorities, coordinating tasks and maintaining structured planning processes
• Practical experience working with workforce planning, forecasting or business operations within multi-stakeholder environments

The Project and Business Management (PBM) Project Control Office

Supporting a large-scale digital portfolio, this function provides essential project coordination, financial insight and resource planning across technology and cyber programmes. Working in a fast-paced environment, it enables informed strategies, supports business growth and offers ample exposure to senior stakeholders and high-impact projects.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 19th May 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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