Project Controller

Project Controller

Do you enjoy turning project data into meaningful insights that drive successful outcomes?

Are you passionate about collaborating with diverse teams to deliver projects safely, efficiently, and on budget?

Partner with the best

Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company serving energy and industrial customers in more than 120 countries. Built on over a century of innovation, the company provides advanced products, services, and digital solutions that support efficient, safe, and lower-carbon energy operations. Its portfolio spans oilfield services and equipment, turbomachinery, industrial technologies, and emerging energy transition solutions such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and emissions management. Baker Hughes continues to help customers meet the world's evolving energy needs through technology leadership, operational excellence, and a strong commitment to sustainability.

Fuel your passion

As a Project Controller, you will play a critical role in supporting the successful delivery of projects by providing effective project controls across cost management, forecasting, risk management, change control, and performance reporting activities. Working closely with Project Managers and cross-functional teams, you will deliver accurate project insights that enable informed decision-making, proactive problem solving, and strong project execution.

At Baker Hughes, we value different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. We are looking for individuals who are analytical, collaborative, and motivated to contribute to project success in an inclusive and innovative environment.

As a Project Controller, you will be responsible for:

• Owning project cost tracking, forecasting, and performance analysis to provide accurate visibility of project financial performance and forecast outcomes.

• Monitoring project performance against cost, schedule, and delivery targets, identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and variances, and escalating concerns where appropriate.

• Facilitating project reviews and supporting performance discussions with project teams, stakeholders, and leadership to drive project success.

• Managing project change control processes, ensuring scope, schedule, and cost changes are identified, evaluated, documented, and appropriately approved.

• Supporting risk and opportunity management activities by maintaining project risk registers, tracking mitigation actions, and contributing to project risk reviews.

• Developing and maintaining project performance reporting, including weekly and monthly customer and internal reports, providing clear and timely insights into project health, progress, and key metrics.

• Collaborating with finance, engineering, operations, procurement, and commercial teams to ensure alignment of project objectives and reporting accuracy.

• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance project controls processes, tools, and reporting methodologies.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have experience in project controls, project services, cost control, project administration, project planning, or a related project management discipline.

• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret project data, identify trends, and deliver meaningful performance insights.

• Possess effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships across diverse teams and functions.

• Be highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.

• Have proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

• Demonstrate a proactive, collaborative, and inclusive approach to working in a dynamic project environment.

• Have experience working with project management, ERP, or project controls systems, which would be advantageous.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Please discuss your preferred working pattern with a recruiter should your application be progressed to the next stage. 

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
 

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing initiatives

• Comprehensive private medical care options

• Safety net of life insurance and disability programmes

• Tailored financial and retirement programmes

• Additional voluntary and elected benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Project Management Specialist - Project Staff