Principal Cost Controller / England

Our Clients' Project Controls team based in their West London Office, require an experienced Principal Cost controller to join the team on a busy EPC contract. We need an individual who has a proven track record within Project Controls, delivering both client cost reporting and estimates. The preferred individual should ideally have experience operating in a service company environment within the oil and gas industry.

• Provide comprehensive analysis and reporting on Estimating, Cost Management and Change Control
• Prepare of all categories of estimates – OOM to Level 4 - consistent with scope definition and in accordance with estimating procedures and the Company Risk Management system
• Prioritise workload, maintain supporting registers and ensuring correlation between Estimates , Cost Reporting and client POs
• Interface with Project Manager & delivery team to develop forecasts and feedback to Contract Administrator
• Analyse data and interface with project delivery team in relation to potential cost over/under-runs, and assist with mitigation measures
• Co-ordinate & maintain a robust change management process within the project and recommend actions accordingly
• Monitor and report costs against project Target Cost Estimates.
• Challenge anomalies with time-writing and progress at project progress review meetings.
• Review and challenge Procurement and Subcontract forecasts and any expenditure not aligned with forecast
• Responsible for timely delivery of regular VOWD, cost reports, forecasts phased over time reports, cost curves & change request registers

• Highly experienced in Microsoft Office
• Highly numerate
• Proven Commercial acumen
• Experienced in project controls, specifically the areas of cost control and estimating
• Ability to work under own initiative and prioritise workload accordingly
• Good team worker