The Senior Cost Controls Specialist uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the costing discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the cost discipline.
Requirements
- Understands constructability concepts, workflow processes & related interdependencies between Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, and Construction
- Able to understand and apply contractual requirements and implementation on the project via the project controls execution plan
- Analyze and interpret cost forecasting and trending
- Recommend solutions or recovery plans for problem areas
- Prepare Project Forecast monthly
- Assist finance in preparation of the project cash flows and cost spread
- Participate in proposal development, commercial alignment, and project kickoff processes
- Train junior personnel in all aspects of cost reporting
- Monitor variations from the scope of work, capture, maintain, and assess related impacts
- Set up and maintain the progress measurement system
- Lead change management efforts, including building of cost estimates and applying or managing amendments to the contract
- Implement and support the Change Management process
- Support the Subcontract Management team in verification of progress and earned value against invoices received
- Support determining the required monthly accruals that are processed by accounts payable
- Monitor cost coding system is properly applied, and information flow is correct and complete
- Analyze committed costs and activities to date, actual vs budget, performance, and productivity
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package, including annual bonuses