Cost Controller

The Company

This global leader in specialty chemicals powers the potential of companies in many of the world's largest and most critical industries, from energy and communications to transportation and electronics.  They are an industry leader in lithium, are making their mark on a greenfield project in regional WA in a world-class lithium hydroxide manufacturing facility

The Role

We are currently seeking Cost Controllers for long-term contracts. The key responsibilities of these roles will include developing project budgets, tracking expenditures, forecasting, and ensuring on-budget delivery. 

Key Responsibilities

• Support the project with cost control and general project duties
• Implement Project Control processes aligned with the company standards
• Assist in cost estimation and budget creation
• Maintain projects Work Breakdown Structures
• Ensure compliance with corporate cost control standards
• Manage project owner’s costs and staffing for forecasting
• Coordinate and maintain Cost Management System
• Provide cost engineering input to annual planning and budgeting
• Produce comprehensive project cost reports
• Assist procurement in invoicing processing, commercial change management and cliams
• Interface with finance, accounting and supply chain teams
• Collaborate with contractors on costing engineering and reporting
• Participate in cost and schedule risk assessments.
• Review project tender submissions for cost-related information.

The Candidate

To succeed in this role, you be a degree qualified in engineering, Construction Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Management or a related technical field, and be capable of demonstrating the following:

• 5 or more years of progressive experience in varying cost control capacities on large capital projects ($150M+).
• Extensive experience in all aspects of cost control or engineering during detailed engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases of a large capital project.                  
• Expert, hands-on knowledge of SAP including project costing modules.
• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to understand technical information and communicate progress to both technical and management level personnel.
• Exceptional reporting and presentation skills with good attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to work with project teams to influence and achieve desired results.
• Worked in a cost plus environment and managing the forecasts accordingly
• Proficiency in project controls tools and work processes: Earned Value, MS Office (spreadsheets, word processing, presentations, graphics) and Project Controls software (Primavera, etc.).

The Offer

These Perth based 12 month contract roles are offering the opportunity to join a great team of supportive professionals.

 If you have the skills and experience and want to join an industry leader in lithium, please apply today.

Omega is committed to building collaborative teams which harness the exponential power of diversity. Our goal is to ensure our teams are truly representative of the communities in which we live, work and operate projects within. 

We encourage applicants from unique and diverse backgrounds to apply.