Project Controls - Cost Specialist

Saulsbury Industries; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Saulsbury Industries is seeking a seasoned Cost Control/Project Controls professional to provide comprehensive cost reports, forecasts, and trend analysis to project management. The role supports the overall success of capital projects across multiple sites.

Responsibilities include developing weekly cost and labor progress reports, maintaining change management processes, and coordinating with procurement and billing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project controls, cost management, trend and change management, and/or project management in EPC or Oil & Gas.
• Engineering or construction management degree in lieu of experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work both in a team and independently while prioritizing deadlines.
• Must be able to work fast-track and meet deadlines.
• Valid driver’s license; background check and drug screen.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain multiple project cost reports on a weekly basis.
• Develop and maintain weekly/monthly labor progress and performance reports.
• Assist with development and maintenance of change management system including change orders, budget shifts, and trends.
• Provide timely forward-looking analysis and mitigation plans for cost impacts.
• Participate in bi-weekly or monthly reviews of cost controls with the project team.
• Assist management in forecasting expected project costs for monthly reporting.
• Develop and maintain budgets in progress tracking tools.
• Assist with payroll coding audits weekly.
• Perform data audits to ensure information accuracy.
• Liaise with procurement and billing departments.
• Conduct costs corrections.
• Understand earned value management systems.

Skills

Project controls

Cost management

Trend and change management

Project management

Excel

Education

Engineering or Construction Management degree

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Take your next step with Saulsbury Industries! Location: Odessa TX / Abilene TX / Houston TX Type: Full time

General Information/Job Summary

To provide comprehensive cost control, reports and forecasts to project management and support the overall success of the project.

Responsibilities/Competencies

• Develop and maintain multiple project cost reports (both internal & client) on a weekly basis.
• Develop and maintain multiple reports on weekly and monthly labor progress and performance reports (both internal and client), project cost tracking reports for indirect labor, rental equipment, and subcontracts.
• Assist with development and maintenance of change management system including change orders, budget shifts, and trends including contingency management.
• Timely and accurate forward-looking analysis and mitigation plan development to reduce or eliminate unforeseen cost impacts.
• Actively participate in bi-weekly or monthly reviews of all cost controls deliverables with the project team.
• Assist management in forecasting the project expected costs for monthly reporting.
• Develop and maintain budgets in progress tracking tool.
• Assist with auditing payroll coding on a weekly basis.
• Perform data audits to ensure accuracy of information.
• Liaison with the procurement and billing departments
• Conduct costs corrections.
• Understand earned value management systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 5+ years Experience in project controls, cost management, trend and change management, and/or project management experience with an EPC contractor or in the Oil and Gas Industry preferable.
• Degree in engineering or construction management in lieu of experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite of tools a must, especially Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to convey information.
• Ability to work within a team as well as independently while prioritizing a large volume work and maintaining the highest quality.
• Must be able to work fast track and meet deadlines.
• Valid Driver's License Subject to background check and drug screen

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, to include but not limited to:

• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time and work on a computer.
• Ability to travel to job sites to perform job duties, including walking construction site for progress audits.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Saulsbury is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Saulsbury Industries provides engineering, general construction, electrical & instrumentation, and fabrication services to heavy industrial markets. We manage turnkey, grassroots, engineering, construction, and procurement (EPC), electrical transmission & distribution services, and E&I projects for clients nationwide. Saulsbury has provided services to a diverse energy sector for more than 50 years. Our reputation has been built on honesty and integrity to our candidates and employees through the continuous commitments to safety, quality, growth, and mutual profitability. We offer stable employment, career advancement and a commitment to the work/life balance of our employees. Most importantly, we bring our "safety first and foremost" value that has yielded one of the preeminent records for incident-free operations in the construction industry. Saulsbury is capable of handling projects in size from under $100,000 to more than $100 million. We have offices located in Odessa, Dallas, Port Arthur, Henderson, Abilene, and Bismarck ND. Visit our website at www.saulsbury.com Saulsbury is an Equal Opportunity Employer