Cost Controller

3 weeks ago


Newcastle, Australia Turner & Townsend Full time

Company Description

Are you interested in working on some of the world’s most exciting projects, with some of the world’s leading businesses?

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 118 offices and 47 countries worldwide.

At Turner & Townsend, we offer a wide variety of benefits to our staff to help them inside or outside of the work. We offer true work life balance, working from home arrangements, team events and much more.

We are seeking an **Cost Controller** with demonstrable Cost Management experience in Utilities, oil & gas, mining, or Renewable energy who want to be intrinsic in the growth of a specialist service within our business. This is a great opportunity for somebody looking to join a company focused on being the best in their field and developing their career.

**Job Description**:
Turner & Townsend will give you the opportunity to work with world class clients on cutting edge projects and to build a successful career with a company that will offer the highest levels of support at every stage.

We work on projects of all sizes from one-off developments to mega-programmes, from planning the future development across Power and Renewable projects to site based construction of individual projects, while helping the largest companies in the world. We cover everything from leading teams, planning works, tracking progress and business case delivery to bringing assets into use.

In an **Cost Controller** role, you will have knowledge in:

- Development of project cost control structures to track and controls actual costs information
- Establishing and setting the project control budget to set the baseline
- The tracking and control project accruals and commitments against set budget constraints
- The accurate and timely reporting of all project information to include Earned Value Management
- The tracking of project contingency expenditure and reporting of its linkage to remaining risk on the projects

**Qualifications**:

- Must be in Australia with full working rights
- Relevant work experience, ideally in a consultancy environment
- Utilities, Oil & Gas, Natural Resources or Infrastructure experience preferred
- Proficient in the use of SAP and Prism or similar
- Ability to demonstrate attention to detail
- Team player with the ability to work autonomously
- Excellent command of written and spoken English with excellent report and bid writing skills
- Highly motivated and driven with a passion for delivering to your
clients and have the ability to work independently

Additional Information
- Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance._

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