Lead Cost Controller

Wood Plc; Western Australia; Hybrid; AUD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood is seeking an experienced Lead Cost Controller to join our Minerals and Metals Project Controls team in Perth. The role leads cost control across projects, delivering governance, forecasting and commercial insight to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

You will partner with Project Managers, Planning, Procurement and Finance to drive cost performance across studies through to large-scale capital projects. Australian work rights are required.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project cost control within the minerals and metals, mining, or energy sectors.
• Leading cost control activities on medium to large-scale capital projects.
• Experience across studies, FEED, execution and commissioning phases.
• Advanced capability in project budgeting, forecasting and cost reporting.
• Strong experience with Earned Value Management principles and performance measurement.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills.
• Valid working rights within Australia.

Responsibilities

• Lead all cost control activities across assigned projects.
• Provide robust financial governance, accurate forecasting and cost reporting.
• Deliver commercial insight to support successful project delivery.
• Partner with Project Managers, Project Controls Managers, Planning, Procurement, Finance and Client teams.

Skills

Cost control

Forecasting

Budgeting

Earned Value Management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Australia work rights

Job description

Wood is seeking an experienced and driven Lead Cost Controller to join our Minerals and Metals Project Controls team in Perth. This role is responsible for leading all cost control activities across assigned projects, providing robust financial governance, accurate forecasting, performance analysis and commercial insight to support successful project delivery.

The successful candidate will provide leadership and technical direction across project cost management activities while partnering closely with Project Managers, Project Controls Managers, Planning, Procurement, Finance and Client teams.

Wood Minerals & Metals team is currently delivering critical metals projects, including Copper, Nickel, Lithium, Vanadium, Rare Earths, and Base Metals. This portfolio of projects ranging from studies through to EPCM packages working on developments in Australia and internationally – Australia through to Europe, Middle east Africa and Asia.

#LI-Hybrid or #LI-Remote

Wood is seeking an experienced and driven Lead Cost Controller to join our Minerals and Metals Project Controls team in Perth. This role is responsible for leading all cost control activities across assigned projects, providing robust financial governance, accurate forecasting, performance analysis and commercial insight to support successful project delivery.

Your career will have seen you have grown through the resource sector, working across a range of projects leading towards a focus within project controls and cost management. Your career will have seen you build tenure within a project delivery environment, with understanding of the establishment and execution of studies and medium to large scale projects.

In addition, you will have:

• Extensive experience in project cost control within the minerals and metals, mining, or energy sectors.
• Demonstrated experience leading cost control activities on medium to large-scale capital projects.
• Experience across studies, FEED, execution and commissioning phases.
• Advanced capability in project budgeting, forecasting and cost reporting.
• Strong experience with Earned Value Management principles and performance measurement.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills.
• Valid working rights within Australia

Benefits on joining #TeamWood

Wood is at the forefront of engineering solutions for a net zero future. Being part of Team Wood, means you're in a community unified by our vision, values and behaviours that support how we work together. So much of our success depends on feeling part of a team with people around us that we can rely on.

Our Vision:

Deliver Solutions that transform the world.

Our Values:

Care Courage Commitment

Supporting clients of all sizes, we share a passion for driving forward minerals and metals projects that are critical to our future and delivering them safely, cost-efficiently, and responsibly as we strive for net zero.

We are committed to creating an inspired culture with diversity and inclusion permeating every corner of our global organisation. Wood provides a comprehensive, flexible, competitive benefit program for our employees.

• Work in the heart of Perth CBD, Access to free 24/7 state of the art Gym & end of trip facilities
• Wide range of benefits across Financial Health, Career Support, Wellbeing and Flexible working arrangements
• Global opportunities for career development, in addition to company supported education pathways for your career growth.
• Access to diverse and attractive projects working on our global industries most exciting developments, partnering closely with our clients on such developments.
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business.
• Competitive renumeration package with regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.

It takes a diverse and inclusive community of inquisitive minds to unlock tomorrow’s solutions to the world’s most critical challenges. Wood encourages Women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.