Cost Controller

CPB Contractors Pty; Ararat; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing program

Job summary

CPB Contractors is seeking an experienced Cost Controller to join our project team near Ararat, Victoria. You will manage subcontractor and supplier contracts, project financial administration, procurement activities and commercial reporting.

Reporting to the Cost Control Manager, the role is site-based with monthly cost reviews, cost forecasting, change orders, and cross-functional collaboration across engineering, logistics and quality teams.

Qualifications

• Any Engineering degree with experience in construction.
• Specific training in cost control. Additional courses in finance, planning and project management valued.
• English language high level, spoken and written.
• Ability to negotiate with third parties, work in a team, and perform technical analysis of projects.
• Extensive technical knowledge of cost control.
• Knowledge of planning.
• Management of industrial EPC projects.
• Knowledge of SAP(JDE / FPM)and Microsoft Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Launch purchase orders (POs) in coordination with other departments.
• Review contract cost sections before closure.
• Update monthly project cost information and prepare reports.
• Provide project cost data to multiple departments.
• Coordinate subcontractor work certification and change orders.
• Hold monthly meetings with Project Planning & Controls Manager.
• Site-based tasks and documentation uploads to SharePoint.

Skills

Cost control

Contract management

Team player

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

CPB Contractors is Australia’s leading contractor and the largest infrastructure construction company in our region. Part of the CIMIC Group, we are proud to be constructing Australia’s future and do so collaboratively with our partners and clients. We hire for careers, not project life. CPB Contractors has more than 50 major infrastructure projects in delivery, across all key sectors of the construction industry, including roads and bridges, rail, tunnelling, defence, airports, buildings, and resources, providing you with career opportunities for years to come.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Cost Controller to join our project team based near Ararat, Victoria. Reporting to the Cost Control Manager, you will play a key role in managing subcontractor and supplier contracts, project financial administration, procurement activities, and commercial reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Launch purchase orders (POs) in coordination with the other departments involved.
• Collaborate in reviewing the correct wording of the section on costs in contracts before they are closed.
• Update the monthly financial information for the project (ECO and cost distribution) and prepare all necessary reports in accordance with the procedures of the cost control as per corporate policies.
• Monthly update of project costs for reporting to the finance department
• Analysis of project costs: incurred, committed, pending commitment, contingencies, forecast, deviations, risks, and opportunities.
• Coordinate the work certification process with subcontractors and theproject team.
• Control and monitoring of internal and external change orders (subcontractors).
• Hold monthly meetings with the Project Planning & ControlsManager during the execution and closure phases.
• Site based as per the project requirements.
• Ensure that documentation relating to project costs is correctly uploaded to SharePoint (ECO, Cost Distribution, and Certifications).
• Provide project cost information to other interested departments: Cost Assessment and Analysis, Engineering, SC, Logistics, Quality, etc.

Our minimum requirements for this role are:

• Any Engineering degree with experience in construction
• Specific training in cost control. Additional specific courses in finance, planning, and project management will be valued and an advantage.
• English language high level, spoken and written.
• Ability to negotiate with third parties, work in a team, and perform technical analysis of projects.
• Extensive technical knowledge of cost control
• Knowledge of planning
• Management of industrial EPC projects.
• Knowledge of SAP(JDE / FPM)and Microsoft Office tools

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, Veterans and Active Defence Reserve members, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. CPB Contractors is proud to hold the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Citation - Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.

We’re always looking for ways to make CPB Contractors a more rewarding place to work and offer a unique set of benefits, including:

• A rewarding career where we support your development, training and promote from within.
• Opportunities across all construction sectors so that there is always an opportunity suitable for the next stage in your career.
• Competitive remuneration and excellent benefits including a health and wellbeing program, discount portal and company-funded salary continuance insurance.
• Flexible work arrangements and a culture that values diversity and innovation.

Please note: This role is being sourced through CPB Contractors directly and we will not accept applications via external recruitment agencies.