Senior Cost Controller

Trs Staffing Solutions, Inc.; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

TRS Staffing Solutions is seeking a Senior Cost Controller for a major mining EPCM project based in Perth. The role focuses on cost performance, forecasting, reporting, change management and earned value analysis across all project phases.

You will collaborate with project, construction, contracts and finance teams to maintain forecast accuracy and support critical stakeholder decisions in a large-scale environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost control on major mining EPCM projects.
• Background in procurement and construction cost management.
• Experience managing project budgets exceeding AUD 500 million.
• Knowledge of forecasting, cost reporting, and earned value management.
• Advanced proficiency with SAP, Power BI, and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent analytical, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project cost control systems and reporting frameworks.
• Monitor budgets, commitments, actual costs, accruals, and forecasts.
• Prepare weekly and monthly cost reports and performance dashboards.
• Track procurement commitments, purchase orders, and subcontract costs.
• Support earned value management and project progress measurement.
• Manage cost impacts associated with trends, variations, and change events.
• Collaborate with project, construction, contracts, and finance teams to maintain forecast accuracy.

Skills

Cost control

Procurement

Forecasting

Earned value management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Analytical

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

About our client

Our client is proud to design and build projects and careers. We are committed to fostering a welcoming and collaborative work environment that encourages big-picture thinking, brings out the best in our personnel, and helps us develop innovative solutions that contribute to building a better world together. If this sounds like a culture you would like to work in, you are invited to apply for this role.

About the role

TRS Staffing is currently searching for a Senior Cost Controller to join a major mining project team based in Perth. This role is responsible for managing project cost performance, forecasting, reporting, change management, and earned value analysis across all phases of project delivery, while supporting key stakeholder decision-making within a large-scale EPCM environment.

Duties and responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project cost control systems and reporting frameworks.
• Monitor budgets, commitments, actual costs, accruals, and forecasts.
• Prepare weekly and monthly cost reports and performance dashboards.
• Track procurement commitments, purchase orders, and subcontract costs.
• Support earned value management and project progress measurement.
• Manage cost impacts associated with trends, variations, and change events.
• Collaborate with project, construction, contracts, and finance teams to maintain forecast accuracy.

Skills and experience required

• Demonstrated experience in cost control on major mining EPCM projects.
• Strong background in procurement and construction cost management.
• Experience managing project budgets exceeding AUD $500 million.
• Proven knowledge of forecasting, cost reporting, and earned value management.
• Advanced proficiency with SAP, Power BI, and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent analytical, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.