Cost Technician - Intermediate - MP - VF

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Valparaiso (IN); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is seeking a Cost Technician - Intermediate for a 12-month contract in Valparaiso, IN. The role focuses on cost reporting, forecasting, and budgeting across multiple departments, with an emphasis on accurate invoicing and data-driven decision making.

The position combines remote work with in-office days in a hybrid arrangement. The ideal candidate has strong cost control and data analysis skills, excellent cross-functional communication, and experience supporting

Qualifications

• Must have strong cost reporting and forecasting abilities.
• Experience with project budgeting and invoicing processes.
• Excellent communication with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish lines of communications with departments to integrate information for accurate reporting.
• Communicate with suppliers and project staff to resolve invoice discrepancies or cost tracking issues.
• Monitor, share and analyze data for more accurate project forecasting.
• Assist in annual budget development, preparation, and reporting.
• Support contract review to ensure accurate cost tracking and forecasting.
• Develop or assist in cost controls guidelines and tools.
• Produce standard and ad hoc cost reports for stakeholders.
• Provide stakeholders with clear cost reporting and analysis.

Skills

Cost control

Data analysis

Communication

Project coordination

Budgeting

Education

High school diploma

Post-secondary education

Job description

Job Title: Cost Technician - Intermediate

Job Location: Valparaiso Indiana 46385

Job duration: 12 Months Contract

Responsibilities

• 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.

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.