Cost Controls & Project Administration Specialist

Turner & Townsend; Santiago; On-site; CLP 18,000,000 - 24,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a highly organized Cost Engineering Support professional to provide critical administrative, financial, and project controls support for large-scale capital projects in Chile. You will work with Cost Managers, Project Managers, contractors, vendors, and client representatives to maintain financial integrity, manage contracts, and report on risk and performance.

The role involves tracking contracts and changes, budgets and funding, invoices, and closeout activities,

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in project controls, cost engineering support, contract administration, project administration, finance, procurement, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update tracking logs for contracts, funding allocations, PCOs, and COs.
• Coordinate approval workflows for contracts and project changes.
• Perform budget and funding audits to ensure financial accuracy and compliance.
• Identify and resolve workflow bottlenecks affecting approvals.
• Support project teams with contract administration activities and documentation management.
• Participate in project budget and cost review meetings to capture risks and issues.
• Log, categorize, and assess risk items within PM systems.
• Track project defects, equipment issues, and other cost-impacting items.
• Coordinate to maintain risk registers and distribute weekly risk status reports.
• Coordinate with contractors and vendors to ensure timely submission of invoices and payment applications.
• Verify billing docs against contracts and milestones.
• Monitor invoice approvals and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain financial records and supporting docs.
• Manage project closeout dashboards and reporting tools.
• Execute closeout activities and reconcile contracts, invoices and financial records.
• Prepare weekly and monthly status reports; develop dashboards for financial performance.
• Audit data across systems and support ad hoc analyses.

Skills

Project controls

Cost engineering

Contract administration

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a highly organized Cost Engineering Support professional to provide critical administrative, financial, and project controls support for large-scale capital projects in Chile. You will work with Cost Managers, Project Managers, contractors, vendors, and client representatives to maintain financial integrity, manage contracts, and report on risk and performance.

The role involves tracking contracts and changes, budgets and funding, invoices, and closeout activities,