Cost Controller

**Work at one of Australia’s leading energy pioneers**:

- ** Monitor project budgets, track expenditures, and ensure cost efficiency**:

- ** 12-month assignment via Chandler Macleod, Brisbane CBD location**

**About Santos**

Santos is a global energy company committed to increasingly cleaner energy and fuels production, with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and North America.

**About the Assignment**

The Cost Controller works closely with the Project Controls Lead (PCL), to provide expert technical advice and guidance, to ensure a consistent approach to cost management is achieved and where required, leads the development of documents, processes and tools to support the Project

Core Accountabilities include:
**Cost Control Leadership**
- Work closely with the Project Controls Lead and the Project Leadership Team and other Project Management Team (PMT) members, Contractors, and key stakeholders, to implement sound cost control services for the project;
- Advise the Project Controls Lead and the Project Manager of areas of actual or potential problems, including recommendations to alleviate problems;
- Subject matter expert and primary contact for all cost controls matters.

**General Project Controls**
- Develop project detailed budgets from TIC estimates;
- Manage the project input into the periodic budget processes with PNG Operations Division;
- Monitoring, analysis and reporting of costs vs. budget, including preparation of trends and forecasts;
- Flag unfavourable trends in a timely manner so that project management have an opportunity to take corrective action to influence the project outcome;
- Identify cost-overrun risks and their root cause and recommend mitigations;
- Ensure cost control processes, procedures and tools are understood within the project team;
- Ensure financial compliance with Santos’ contractual obligations in relation to the project (accruals integrity, cash calling, budget approvals, reporting, etc.);
- Maintain commercial awareness of contract packages through understanding of awarded work scope, payment terms, commercial conditions, potential variations, project strategies and interfaces with other contracts;
- Ensure all finance related administrative issues are raised and actioned in a timely manner;
- Perform health checks and audits of Contractor cost reporting;
- Work with Contractors to oversee development of cost estimates and associated deliverables (e.g., cost estimate basis) at each phase of the project;
- Provide support for development of various management presentations.

This assignment is initially offered for 12 months, engaged via Chandler Macleod.

**About You**
- Demonstrated track record in the successful completion of cost control tasks with limited supervision. Cost Control in a project environment considered a distinct advantage
- Have in-depth knowledge of project change control and cost forecasting
- Proficient in oral and written communications
- Extensive experience in Cost Control and/or Project Controls
- Exposure to extractive industries with oil and gas experience considered a distinct advantage
- Familiarity with cost control packages such as Prism, as well as Power BI desirable.

**Mandatory Tickets / Quals / Certs**
- Hold a tertiary qualification in Commerce, Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline
- Knowledge of and experience with multi-disciplinary teams, including experience of managing FEED, EPC, EPCM Contractors, in lump sum, unit rate, reimbursable contracting environments

**How to Apply**
- To be considered for this assignment you must have current work rights in Australia (i.e., Australian citizenship, permanent residency, or eligible working visa)._