Project Control Support

Introduction

For more than five decades, Serco has supported Europe’s most ambitious space programmes, working side by side with the European Space Agency to deliver missions that require precision, continuity, and operational excellence. With a long-standing presence across the full space lifecycle, Serco provides the stability and expertise needed to operate in highly regulated, multi-stakeholder environments.
On behalf of the European Space Agency, we are looking for a Project Control Support to join our team at ESA-ESTEC in Noordwijk. This position is embedded in a complex operational context where reliability, consistency, and sound judgement are essential to ensure the continuity of project control activities across multiple programmes.

The Environment You Will Work In

You will work in an international and structured ESA environment, interacting daily with Project Controllers, Technical Officers, Finance and Controlling functions. Activities are characterised by evolving priorities, parallel requests, and strict procedural frameworks. Within this context, your role will contribute to maintaining order, traceability, and operational stability across projects, ensuring that information flows, financial data, and procurement actions remain aligned with project expectations and organisational rules.

Your Role and Contribution

As a Project Control Support, you will contribute directly to the robustness and effectiveness of project control operations. Your role is not limited to execution but extends to reinforcing continuity, supporting the consolidation of operational knowledge within the team, and ensuring that project control and procurement processes are implemented in a reliable and consistent manner. Through a structured working approach, you will help safeguard the stability of ongoing activities while supporting project teams in managing changing priorities.

Your Mission

In this role, you will support project control activities related to the creation, monitoring, and control of cost-at-completion figures and project cost plans. You will maintain and update project data within IPCDB and related corporate systems, ensuring accuracy, internal consistency, and full traceability of financial information. You will contribute to multi-year planning exercises, interim and financial closures by collecting, verifying, validating, and correcting data in close coordination with Project Controllers. You will also support programme and project contingency planning activities and provide tailored or ad-hoc analysis and reporting to support both project teams and management decision-making.
You will be responsible for the end-to-end implementation of procurement and financial objects in ESA-p, including Shopping Carts, Purchase Orders, Work Orders, Contracts, Contract Change Notices, and Goods Receipt Notes. This includes verifying the completeness, coherence, and correctness of technical and financial documentation prior to implementation, following approval workflows, and addressing inconsistencies or incomplete inputs through direct interaction with Technical Officers, Project Controllers, Finance, and Controlling functions. Where required, you will implement contracts in ESA-p based on agreed Milestone Payment Plans and Advance Payment tables, maintain payment milestone estimating dates in IPCDB and SAP, and implement approved accruals in close coordination with Project Controllers.
Operating in a multi-interface environment, you will interact effectively with stakeholders who have different expectations, priorities, and levels of urgency. You will manage parallel requests by applying sound judgement and structured prioritisation, always maintaining awareness of project constraints and organisational dependencies. Through a dependable and methodical working approach, you will support the continuity and consistency of project control activities across projects and over time.

What You Bring

You hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant field, and a Master’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or IT is considered an asset. You bring significant experience in project control or financial control roles within structured, project-oriented organisations and have a solid understanding of procurement and financial implementation processes, including experience working in SAP-based environments. You are able to work autonomously while handling ambiguity and competing priorities, demonstrating professional maturity, reliability, and sound judgement. You communicate clearly and effectively, are highly organised, and pay close attention to detail. You are comfortable working in diverse and multinational environments and are proficient in English, both written and spoken. Knowledge of another EU language is an advantage, and EU nationality is required.

What we offer: More Than a Job

At Serco, a career is more than a salary — it’s support, stability and balance. You’re paid promptly every Friday before the 28th, and you receive a Holiday Bonus worth 8% of your basic gross salary for an extra boost each year.
We make everyday life easier too. Commuting? Claim €0.21 per km (up to 150 km) or get full public transport reimbursement. Working from home? You’ll receive a €2 daily allowance, plus up to €500 for a desk or chair when you join.
If you travel for work, all business expenses are covered. During tax season, our appointed advisor is available to help complete your income tax forms. Prefer cycling? Our bicycle scheme offers a tax‑efficient allowance up to €749, full insurance for a year, and optional accessories cover.
Your long‑term wellbeing matters. You’re covered by a collective life insurance plan, and through Zilveren Kruis Achmea you get 5% off basic health insurance and up to 10% off additional coverage. Our Dutch pension scheme, via Nationale Nederlanden, helps you plan confidently for the future.
If unforeseen situations arise, you may request an advance of up to one month’s net salary with manager approval. To support your daily comfort, we offer up to €250 for work glasses and access to Benefits & Work for discounts across online retailers. For lifelong learning, all employees receive a 35% discount on Webster University programmes.
At Serco, our benefits are designed around you — making life simpler, healthier and more flexible so you can focus on supporting Europe’s most exciting space missions.

Relocation

The Netherlands' central location in Europe makes it an ideal base for travel and business within the EU. Major cities are well-connected by road, rail, and air with Amsterdam Schiphol Airport one of Europe's busiest and most well-connected airports, facilitating easy international travel.
Serco offers relocation support for all EU passport holders that are planning to relocate to the Netherlands and work for Serco B.V.