Project Controls Practitioner

Are you a professional with experience, eager to kick-start a rewarding career in project management? This role is your gateway to a future filled with growth, impact, and opportunities to contribute to national security.

The Opportunity

You’ll receive 9 weeks of comprehensive virtual training, equipping you with in-demand skills in project controls. After completing your training, you’ll join AWE—a leading public sector organization—as a Project Controls Practitioner, working alongside experienced project managers on cutting-edge, high-stakes initiatives.

A career at AWE is a career like no other. By playing your part in keeping the nation safe and secure, you’ll have access to exceptional technologies, facilities and projects no ordinary company can provide – with the support of world-class professionals at every stage of your career.

Why Join Us?

Exciting Projects: Play a pivotal role in safeguarding the nation through innovative projects that matter.

Accelerated Learning: Gain practical, hands-on experience while receiving top-tier training.

Supportive Environment: Work in a collaborative team that values your contributions and fosters growth.

Career Progression: Open doors to advanced roles in project management within the public sector.

Your Role at a Glance

As a Project Controls Practitioner, you’ll implement project controls best practices across cost, planning, and risk management. You’ll collaborate with task managers and stakeholders to ensure project success and quality outcomes.

Key Accountabilities:

Provide credible and resilient project controls services, supporting Project Managers and Task Managers.

Implement best practices in cost control, estimating, and planning.

Ensure accurate project information for monitoring and reporting progress.

What You’ll Do:

Develop project control deliverables such as cost forecasts, schedules, and reports.

Prepare monthly progress reports and maintain accuracy in planning systems.

Lead artefact creation, including cost estimates and risk assessments.

Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution.

Assure the quality of project control outputs and drive continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring:

Qualifications: Graduate-level education or equivalent experience.

Interpersonal Skills: Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Motivation: A drive for self-improvement and a commitment to excellence.

Attention to Detail: Excellent organizational skills with a focus on quality.

Tech Skills: Proficiency in MS Office and project management tools.

Why This Role is Right for You:

You’re ready to transition into an exciting career in projects.

You thrive in collaborative environments where your ideas and skills are valued.

You’re seeking a role where every day brings opportunities to learn and make an impact.

The Benefits

Earn while you learn - Receive a salary from day 1

26 days annual leave, plus statutory holidays and options to buy additional holidays

A comprehensive training course, learning valuable skills in crucial areas of Commercial Management

Employer pension contribution

Life insurance, income protection & critical illness cover

Optional medical insurance & additional tax-free benefits

Gifted with a charity donation, to donate to BEAM

Continued professional growth within a large agile organisation

Security clearance

What AWE does is vital to national nuclear security. Keeping our nation, our environment, plus everyone and everything around us safe and secure is our top priority. So, as you would expect, that brings with it a high level of safety and security that you will see across our sites and in how everyone who works here operates.

Before joining AWE, successful candidates will need to be granted security clearance. This will include a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and, dependent on the nature of the role, either Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). Clearance can take several months, and each element is carried out by independent organisations – Sterling for BPSS, and UKSV for SC or DV.

Find out more about security vetting