Project Cost Controller

Job Responsibilities

• Implement appropriate cost controlling processes for EPC capital projects
• Develop and maintain cost baseline and associated forecast for 2/3 projects in accordance with the defined cost breakdown structure and company guidelines
• Control and monitor all project expenditures, monitor commitments/exposure, engineering hours and cash flow
• Analyze all additional charges or claims from suppliers, vendors and subcontractors to ensure that all potential project costs are captured and properly recorded
• Focus on construction activities with subcontractors and vendors, review T&M works and provide forecast
• Cook with Accounting for cost reconciliations
• Care for the maintenance of the project register for the tracking of quantities (civil, steel, piping, E&I, staffing & manhours)
• Analyze cost uncertainties and capex risks and implement the foregoing for monte-carlo simulations
• Forecast the Percentage of Completion of projects through completion for proper financial planning
• Maintain the proper maintenance of supporting systems and data files
• Collaborate with Project Manager to issue reliable Project Status Report (schedule & progress, key events, cost report, hours report, risks and contract highlights, etc.), the project Risk reporting and potential ad-hoc reports requested by Management
• Ensure the project data quality reported through the different systems and databases (Project Status Reports, Power BI, etc.)
• Attend project review meetings with stakeholders and support Project Manager to explain the project financial situation to Management
• Actively contribute in development and global support of cost management and benchmarking tools as well as continuous improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with Project Development to provide feedbacks, lessons learnt and benchmarks in order to support the estimating of future projects

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance or equivalent is required
• Candidates must have valid employment authorization in the U.S. and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future
• This position is not open for non-immigrant visa sponsorship
• 3-5 years experience in project cost control in petrochemicals, oil & gas, mining, infrastructure or nuclear industry or similar construction industry
• Ability to work effectively on multiple projects with competing priorities and deadlines
• Strong analytical & organization skills with excellent attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including presentation delivery to large / small group
• Autonomy and self-initiative to proactively gather necessary information from cross-functional sources
• Potential limited travel to job sites (domestic)