# EOI: Defence Project Professionals

**Company:** [Decision Analysis Services Ltd](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/wiBHsnmzDf9u1krYSrPDUi.md)
**Location:** Bristol, United Kingdom
**Workplace:** hybrid
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** P3M

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## Description

·       **Location: South West** with travel to client sites

·       **Contract:** Flexible opportunities for both contract and permanent roles

**\*Please be aware that all offers of employment will be subject to a UK Security Clearance check. To gain this you ordinarily need at least 6 years’ UK residency. \***

  
**Overview**

Decision Analysis Services Limited (DAS) is an independent professional services company.  Since 2007 we have provided services globally to more than 200 client organisations within the energy, defence, government, transport, and health sectors. Based in offices from Glasgow to Sydney, we support clients across five continents.

We specialise in bridging the gap between strategic planning and operational execution, developing enduring solutions to the uniquely complex issues faced by our clients.  We are experts in programme management, systems thinking, investment modelling, machine learning, and data analysis. These unique skills, coupled with our extensive experience of engineering, regulatory practices and operations delivery enable us to develop sustainable, long-term solutions for our clients.

**The Roles**

DAS is a growing organisation with new client opportunities upcoming through Autumn/Winter 26-27, and we would like to grow our team of both permanent staff and trusted contractors in order to fulfil our clients’ needs. As a **professional within the Defence sector,** you would play a crucial role in delivering expert project controls and project management services, helping clients enhance project performance through effective management. Our opportunities are likely to be for:

\-          Project Controls Managers

\-          Cost Managers

\-          Risk Managers

\-          Planners & Schedulers

\-          Project Controllers

\-          Project Managers

\-          Safety Engineers

Your key responsibilities will be based on your discipline, but might include:

·       Integrated Project Controls: Implement and manage cost, risk, and planning controls to support robust project governance and performance

·       Client-Focused Service Delivery: Deliver fully integrated project controls solutions tailored to defence clients

·       Innovative Solutions & Data Integration: Collaborate with the innovation’s hub and Data Science experts to develop advanced solutions for project challenges

·       Team Leadership & Development: Manage and inspire a dedicated project controls team, fostering continuous improvement and professional growth

·       Cross-Practice Collaboration: Work within a multidisciplinary environment to develop and implement project controls solutions that enhance overall project efficiency

Apply to DAS if you want to work on varied, complex projects within a business that values your development, where no two days are alike, and where you’ll have a tangible impact on critical infrastructure in the UK.

## Requirements

To succeed in this role, you should bring a combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams. We’re looking for someone with the following qualifications and experience:

·       Education & Experience: Degree-educated with 5+ years’ experience in your project discipline

·       Project Management Expertise: Strong project delivery experience, ideally with PMP, PRINCE2, or APM accreditation

·       Technical & Analytical Skills: Proficiency in relevant project controls tools (e.g. Project Control Managers: Primavera P6, MS Project), cost control methodologies, or risk management frameworks (ISO 31000)

·       Commercial & Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage clients and internal teams, ensuring alignment with commercial objectives

·       Problem-Solving & Leadership: Strong analytical and numerical skills with a proactive approach to managing risks, optimising costs, and improving planning efficiency

**Don’t meet all the job requirements, but like the sound of us and the projects we work on? Get in touch anyway – we are always keen to hear from talented, solutions-led individuals at all career stages and might have the perfect role for you.**

## Benefits

In return for the project skills of our permanent staff, we offer a genuinely people focussed culture. DAS is dedicated to offering more than just a job. We're committed to cultivating your professional development and success.  Employee wellbeing is at the forefront of our thinking. We actively support a healthy work-life balance and champion workplace flexibility, enabling you to prioritise the things that matter to you.

·       Competitive salary, dependent on skills and experience

·       Private pension, private healthcare for you and your immediate family, and private dentalcare

·       Death-in-service and income protection schemes

·       25 days holiday plus UK bank holidays, and additional days to work on environmental and community activities.

·       Discretionary office closure over Christmas

·       Personal carbon offset through company scheme

·       Access to professional and personal development platform, Udemy

_DAS is an Equal Opportunities employer. We support the principle of Equality and Diversity in employment wholeheartedly and oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination. We commit to providing equality, fairness, and respect for all in our employment, and all those seeking employment at DAS._