EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, operating a fleet of satellites delivering weather and climaterelated satellite data and images to our users worldwide; helping protect lives, property and industries.

Within our Project Planning and Control Competence Area (PPC C, the Project Controller is responsible for crossorganisational cost modelling activities and provides support to financial, budget, cost planning and control activities for Department of Programme Preparation (PR.

In this role, the successful candidate will collaborate closely with our technical teams during the preparation phase of new upcoming satellites systems, as well as during their maintenance and operations phase. He/she will also work with peer project controllers to further streamline and optimize the cost modelling approach across the organisation.

Duties

• Provide cost modelling expertise across the organisation for cost in development, maintenance and routine operations;
• Further develop, improve and update regularly EUMETSAT’s corporate costing database with historical information from programme development and operations to support the future cost modelling of new;
• Establish, maintain and improve cost estimation models and tools for future activities. Support the costing activities and cost assessment of future programmes, in coordination with peer project controllers, e and technical engineers;

• Support the delivery of project planning and control services to PRD department, following documented processes, in coordination with PRD Project Management Office and peer project controllers;
• Define and provide progress reporting to management, including performance indicators and analysis of deviations and trends;
• Support the Project Planning and Control Competence Area Manager and contribute to the overall harmonisation and improvement of project planning and control processes, standards and methodologies, working practices and tools.

Skills and Experience

• Relevant experience in an engineering environment with multiyears projects, in cost modelling and project planning and control activities and in managing resource allocation;
• Proven knowledge and practice of administrative processes based on ERP systems (e.g. SAand strong MS Excel ability. Knowledge on Power BI and similar reporting tools is an advantage;
• Experience in design and development of databases and Extract, Transform, Load (ETprocess would be an advantage;
• Proactivity and strong capability for analytical thinking and seeing the big picture while maintaining a focus on details;
• Very good interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, with a proven ability to apply these to interact with management and stakeholders as well working within, and across, teams;
• Experience working in a matrixbased organisation would be an advantage.