Electrical Project Cost Controller

Voith GmbH Group; Australia; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Voith Group in Snowy/Australia is seeking an SH 2.0 Electrical Engineering Cost Controller to oversee project costs and reporting for the Snowy 2.0 Hydro project.

You will collaborate with onshore/offshore teams and the Controlling department in Australia and Germany to ensure budgets, forecasts, and progress claims are accurate.

The role requires strong cost control, governance compliance, and the ability to generate timely insights to enable decision-making.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a Projects environment.
• Detailed knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Commercial acumen.
• Understanding of customer/client needs.
• Proven leadership, negotiating and lateral thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, and manages the implementation and maintenance of electrical systems, with accountability for controlling costs and tracking project financial performance.
• Oversee the planning and design of power generation infrastructure, ensuring projects are designed within approved budgets and financial constraints.
• Responsible for specifying and arranging electrical systems, including circuits, transformers, and switchgear, while monitoring costs and ensuring cost-effective design solutions.
• Responsible for organising and controlling resources for electrical equipment supply, tracking procurement costs, and ensuring financial efficiency.
• Interpreting specifications, drawings, standards and regulations relating to electric power equipment and use and assessing the financial implications of compliance or design changes.
• Establishing delivery and installation schedules for machines, switchgear, cables and fittings, integrating scheduling with cost forecasts and expenditure tracking.
• Responsible for analysing project cost and schedules performance against the control plan and communicates reasons for variance and plans to mitigate to management.
• Participate in monthly cost and budget review meetings and present the results and impact in coordination with the Controlling department in Australia/Germany.
• Assist in the preparation of progress claims and cost reporting for work completed, monitor receipt of payment and elevate issues and disputes to the Controlling Manager for decision.
• Work with Project Control function Onshore and Offshore to measure progress, performance and collation of data for analysis, reporting and progress claims.
• Develop a strong understanding of the subcontract and head contract to enable proper management of the financial interests of the project.
• Develop a strong understanding of the subcontract and head contract to enable proper management of the financial interests of the project.
• Work with the Planners/Schedulers, assist to establish and report cost against weekly work plans/schedules and packages, progress curves, histograms.
• Actively participates to support Snowy project audits including Offshore and Onshore.

Skills

Project experience

Legislation knowledge

Commercial acumen

Customer needs understanding

Leadership

Job description

Voith Group in Snowy/Australia is seeking an SH 2.0 Electrical Engineering Cost Controller to oversee project costs and reporting for the Snowy 2.0 Hydro project.

You will collaborate with onshore/offshore teams and the Controlling department in Australia and Germany to ensure budgets, forecasts, and progress claims are accurate.

The role requires strong cost control, governance compliance, and the ability to generate timely insights to enable decision-making.