Senior Cost Controller

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate personal commitment to safety and the well-being of people.
• Ensures that cost control is consistent with owner’s execution strategy, overall objectives, and industry standards.
• Support Project Managers and Project Control Lead in planning engineering and execution of a portfolio of brownfield projects.
• Project cost and change management across portfolio of brownfield projects.
• Establishing budget, change management, contingency management, cost risk management, cashflow forecast estimates, cost analysis to provide guidance of Estimate at Completion cost, monthly and ad hoc reporting.
• Assess claims from 3rd party and recommend payment.
• Work collaboratively with owner’s project team; Project Managers, Project Engineers, Construction Engineers, Procurement, Discipline Engineers to assess changes to project activities and translating these changes into a forecast of project cost.
• Monitor project expenditures and ensure they align with the approved budget.
• Collaborate with procurement, engineering and construction teams to obtain accurate cost information.
• Implement cost control measures to prevent cost overruns.
• Ensure compliance to the project controls guidelines and procedures.
• Identify gaps in systems, process, procedures, tools and implement changes to close gap.
• Be fully conversant with the operation of SAP and Microsoft Excel as applied to project accounting and cost control.
• Prepare and present regular cost reports and forecasts to management.
• Identify potential project cost risks and develop risk mitigation plans.
• Maintain a cost risk register and update it regularly based on project progress and changes.
• Assist in project lesson learnt.
• Create a highly committed and collaborative team environment.
• Ensures governance of the Owner’s project planning processes, specifically compliance to procedures and policies.
• Manage relationships and use ‘Best for Project’ decision making to deliver project objectives.

WHAT YOU CAN BRING

WHAT WE OFFER

• Contribute to a green and sustainable industry of the future.
• Competitive salary with a performance-based discretionary bonus structure
• Additional Superannuation
• Award and recognition program
• Long service leave option after 5 years (pro rata)
• Supportive colleagues committed to your success and well-being
• Inclusive and diverse work environment

LOCATION

• TLEA proudly acknowledges and the Whadjuk and Gnaala Karla Boodja people of the Noongar Nation, as the traditional custodians of the Kwinana area, where we operate our plant.
• Kwinana is 38 km from the Perth central business district, 20 km from City of Fremantle and just 7km from Rockingham.

HOW DO I APPLY?