Project Controller [26191]

HE Space is a successful international space company, specialised in providing managed services and human resources to the international space sector for over 40 years.
We hire space experts all over Europe across the whole spectrum of space-related activities, from engineering to science, software development, operations, marketing, finance and administration. Our employees contribute towards a wide range of groundbreaking space programmes including Galileo and Copernicus, ExoMars, Iris2, ESA BASS, ESA GSPT, LISA Pathfinder, Euclid, the Ariane and Vega launchers as well as the International Space Station.
HE Space has joined forces with CS Group and Sopra Steria to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting.
We are passionate about people and invest in you to support the development of the European space industry.

As part of the Business Management & Administration domain, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Support to the planning, preparation, execution and follow-up of projects/programmes activities in terms of schedule, related procurement actions, costs, including preparation of CaC as relevant, manpower, including support to resource planning and procurement activities, etc, including:
  • Assisting in preparing, developing, and maintaining programme-level plans;
  • Assisting in the definition and in maintaining related work/procurement plans and related execution and contract actions plans using local tools as applicable;
  • Monitoring of the implementation of the programmes and of activities, as appropriate, and preparation of related reports and provision of management information as required;
  • And other related tasks.
• In the field of resources (i.e., financial and manpower) for programme/project(s):
  • Assisting in the preparation of long-term, medium-term and in-year resource plans;
  • Monitoring and controlling the implementation of the plans in line with resource targets, performing forecasting, identifying deviations and related recovery actions, producing related reports;
  • Reviewing / checking of ESA internal expenditures such as re-charges, support services and purchases for consistency with Cost–at– Completion (CAC) of industrial contracts;
  • And other related tasks.
• In the field of procurements and execution of contracts:
  • Support to the preparation and follow-up of the Agency’s tender actions;
  • Support to the proposal evaluations as an expert on the price and schedule verification and analysis;
  • Support to the preparation of the financial contract commitment and the data entry of the milestone payment plans in the Agency’s system(s);
  • Contributing to the elaboration, consolidation of related procurement workplans and detailed implementation plans;
  • Creating related objects in ESA-p, maintaining corresponding information in local applications as required and ensuring the correctness and coherence of related information;
  • Supporting the industrial invoicing process, payment verification, and control;
  • And other related tasks.
• In the field of programme industrial return:
  • Initiation and coordination of the periodic updating of the relevant Industrial Return database to reflect the current commitments status and the industrial policy forecast for planned activities;
  • Verification of coherence with ESA corporate Industrial Return data;
  • Support to programme/project level risk management;
  • And other related tasks.
• Support to the responsible entity in the definition of new and improvement of existing processes and tools, and production of related documents;
• Support the execution of the directorate’s Risk Management process.

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• Master´s degree in Engineering or equivalent, or MBA or equivalent University
  degree from a recognised Institution of secondary studies, or equivalent
  qualification in Business Administration is mandatory;
• A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, such as a project controller, is
  required.
• Previous experience/knowledge of the Agency activities would be a distinctive
  advantage.
• Ability to readily assimilate and coordinate input data and provide timely output.
• Reliability, rigour and initiative in the execution of the assigned tasks.
• Excellent analytical, organisation and reporting skills together with a proactive
  attitude to solving problems and proficiency with IT tools.
• Previous experience working with SAP and relevant Agency’s corporate applications
  and/or ESA IT Tools would be an asset.
• Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an
  advantage.

This job is located in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF) by clicking on the button “Apply for this job” quoting job NL-HP-26191.

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!

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