In support of ESA’s Human Spaceflight and Operations Directorate (D/HSO) at
ESTEC we are looking for :
Project Control Support at ESA/ESTEC

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Support Project Managers in the preparation and follow-up of the Agency’s tender actions
• Support to the proposal evaluations as expert for the price and schedule verification and analysis
• Support Project Managers with the preparation of the financial part of the contracts, including related Milestone Payment Plans and take part in the negotiations with industry
• Regularly participate in CCBs
• Work with IT-Tools of the Directorate in accordance with agreed processes
• Keep adequate documentation of contracts including their riders in accordance with implemented processes
• Follow-up of the projects progress and keep track of the project schedule status and maintaining the current actual and predicted milestone completion dates in ESA systems
• Support to the preparation of the financial contract commitment and the data entry of the milestone payment plans in the Agency’s systems
• With the current status of CA and PA profile, maintain the timely and budgetary planning of new contracts and follow-up of existing contracts in HSO’s Contract Action Planning
• Collect, enter, process, and update all financial, schedule and geo-return related data in the databases. The data has to be obtained from different sources, such as contractual data and planning information, also from industrial contracts and progress meetings, other reference documents, and actual data from various ESA corporate financial systems
• Support to the industrial invoice and payment verification and control
• Support to the Agency’s annual budget planning and updating and HSO’s Contract Action planning
• Planning and updating of the Industrial Return distribution in line with the Agency’s requirements for all approved programmes
• Support in providing financial and programmatic inputs to periodic and ad hoc reports to HSO and on corporate Agency level

Skills:

• Degree in Business Administration or equivalent;
• At least 5 years of relevant experience, preferably in Project-Business Excellent Communication and Negotiation Skills
• Highly proficient in MS office software, SAP experience highly appreciated Good organisation skills
• Flexibility and ability to cope with pressure
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the outside world
• Fluent in English; Knowledge of French is an asset.

Starting date: January 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter

Deadline for applications: 12 December 2011

An exciting international working environment in a highly innovative and
motivated team awaits you!

HE Space Operations is an international human resources company specialised
in the space market. We have been providing consultancy services in space
engineering and business administration for over 25 years. We generally work
directly on-site with our principal customers such as the European Space
Agency and EADS Astrium.