Cost Technician - Intermediate - MP - VF

Motion Recruitment; Valparaiso (IN); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Cost Technician - Intermediate for a 12-month contract in Valparaiso, IN. The role requires coordinating cost reporting, invoicing accuracy, and cross-department data analysis to improve project forecasting.

The position involves processing timesheets, reviewing contracts for cost applicability, and obtaining payment approvals from project managers. A strong emphasis is placed on stakeholder communication and cost control best practices within NIPSCO environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project cost control experience.
• High school and post-secondary education completed.
• Maintain multiple project cost control data files and process timesheets.

Responsibilities

• Establish lines of communications with departments to integrate information for accurate reporting.
• Communicate with suppliers, project staff, and stakeholders to resolve invoice discrepancies or cost tracking issues.
• Work with multiple departments to monitor, share and analyze data for more accurate project forecasting.
• Assist in annual budget development, preparation, and reporting.
• Assist in contract review to facilitate understanding of contract and cost codes for accurate cost tracking.
• Develop/project controls guidelines, standards, processes, and tools to implement cost preventive action.
• Perform standard project cost reporting and required cost reports to stakeholders.
• Apply proficiency in communication to assess stakeholders' cost reporting and analysis needs.

Skills

Cost control data

Time-sheet management

Invoice accuracy

Payment approvals

Stakeholder comms

Education

High school & post-secondary education

Job description

Job Location: Valparaiso Indiana 46385

Job duration: 12 Months Contract

• Establish lines of communications with various departments to integrate information to facilitate accurate reporting. Utilize effective communication processes to disseminate relevant and timely cost information to enhance project decision making.
• Communicate with suppliers, project staff, and other stakeholders to resolve invoice discrepancies or other cost tracking issues.
• Work with multiple departments to monitor, share and analyze data resulting in more accurate project forecasting.
• Assist in annual budget development, preparation, and associated reporting.
• Assists in contract review with project staff to facilitate understanding of contract and related unit codes/cost to ensure more accurate project cost tracking and forecasting.
• Develop or assist in development of project controls guidelines, standards, processes, job aids and tools. Works to implement cost preventive action.
• Perform standard project and special project cost reporting as required by the project stakeholders; compiles and produces cost reports as required and directed.
• Apply proficiency in effective communication and assessing project stakeholders for their core and special cost reporting, cost assessment, and cost analysis needs and provide those stakeholders with optimum communication, information, and reporting.

Job Title: Cost Technician - Intermediate

Job Location: Valparaiso Indiana 46385

Job duration: 12 Months Contract

Qualifications

• 8 plus Years
• High school & post-secondary education.
• Maintain multiple project cost control data files for detailed and summary level information of projects in various stages of the project's life cycle.
• Process project timesheets and maintain the Time Sheet data base.
• Ensure correctness of submitted invoices by referencing the timesheet database and conformed contracts.
• Obtain payment approval for invoices from Project Managers.
• Communicate all results and issues to the Manager of Project Controls and other departments within NIPSCO as needed.

Schedule

• The work schedule for the position is hybrid - M/F work from home, T/W/Th in office. Hours can be 7:30-3:30 or 8:00-4:00.
• Additional office days are required at end of month and beginning of month.