Senior Cost Controller

Wood; Qatar; On-site; QAR 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood is seeking a Senior Cost Controller in Qatar to lead cost control activities across projects. You will develop WBS and CBS structures, prepare budgets per Basis of Estimate, and coordinate with procurement, finance, and time capture to ensure accurate cost recording.

You will monitor expenditures, support forecast updates, and assist with change orders and cost reporting. A minimum of 15 years' experience and strong communication skills are required, with the ability to work independently

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent
• 15+ years of experience in cost control or project controls
• Strong cost management and budgeting skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain WBS and CBS for specific scopes.
• Develop project budgets per Basis of Estimate including scope assumptions and man-hour estimates.
• Coordinate with procurement, finance and time-capture functions to capture costs accurately.
• Maintain awareness of project activities and their impact on budget, schedule and forecasts.
• Support cost code allocation and initial budget setup and approvals.
• Develop and maintain project cost budgets using appropriate software.
• Monitor cost commitments and expenditures through all project phases.
• Provide input to project cost performance reports and updates to forecasts.
• Assist in monitoring manpower cost impacts and change orders within defined change processes.
• Facilitate communication of cost and schedule impacts of change notifications.
• Monitor overall project cost performance and contingency drawdown.
• Attend project meetings and participate in cost close-out and risk analysis sessions.
• Contribute to Project Controls Compliance and Continuous Improvement reviews.

Skills

Cost control

Budgeting

Forecasting

Project controls

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical or business discipline

Job description

The Senior Cost Controller will be responsible for

• Assist in the development and maintenance of Project Work Breakdown Structure WBS and Cost Breakdown Structure CBS for specific scopes
• Assist in the development of project budgets in accordance with the Basis of Estimate including statements of work scope assumptions man-hour estimates narratives and review amp comment of client documents
• Liaise with procurement finance and time-capture functions and third parties as required to support accurate and timely capture of procurement materials subcontract and labour manhour costs allocating costs in accordance with approved project WBS
• Liaise with engineering procurement and construction functions and others as required to maintain awareness of project activities and their impact on the project budget schedule and cost forecast
• Support the project work approval process in terms of accurate cost code allocation and initial budget set-up and approvals
• Assist in the development and maintenance of project cost budgets using appropriate software applications
• Monitor cost commitments and expenditures through all phases of project lifecycle
• Provide input to project cost performance reports in accordance with project reporting requirements
• Support the preparation of updates to project cost forecasts
• Assist in the monitoring and reporting on cost impact of project manpower forecasts
• Assist in development of project change orders variations in accordance with engineering and construction change notifications
• May facilitate and communicate cost and schedule impact of change notifications
• Monitor overall project cost performance and contingency drawdown
• Attend project meetings as required
• Participate in the project cost close-out process
• Attend cost amp estimate risk analysis sessions as required
• Participate in Project Controls Compliance and Continuous Improvement Reviews

Bachelors Degree in a relevant technical or business discipline (or equivalent gained through relevant vocational training and/or industry experience)

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Must have at least 15 years' experience
• Good computer skills
• Understanding of project management principles and techniques
• Be a self-motivated, proactive individual with high achievement drive and initiative, excellent verbal and written communication skills and good organizational awareness.
• Confidently deliver assigned scopes of work independently / remotely from technical leadership personnel, with minimal guidance and direction