Aquark Technologies Ltd
Project Control Officer/Manager
Eastleigh
£46.6k – £60k/yr
Posted about 21 hours ago
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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.
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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.
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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).
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.
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