Project Controls/Cost Engineer
| Job Type | Contractor |
| Area | Dublin |
| Sector | Engineering |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Hilda Lynn |
| Telephone | +35316991142 |
| Job Ref | #1002225 |
| Job Views | 381 |
- Description
- Project Controls – Cost Engineer– Team Horizon
Are you qualified in a numerical focussed discipline with 5 years’ work experience? Our client is looking for a methodical thinker, someone who is organised and driven, with great analytical skills for a Dublin site-based role on a 12-month contract basis. You will have the opportunity to work within a dynamic team helping project managers with compliance to various policies and procedures within a client-facing environment. If you feel you are a team player and want to progress your career then read on.
Why you should apply:- You will join an innovative team, working among a diverse group of visionaries, thinkers and doers, working on developing pioneering solutions that lead to shared success.
- They put their people first and live their diversity and inclusion values embracing all
perspectives. - You enjoy working in a culture of learning and collaboration and making a positive impact.
What you will be doing:- Setup up of project reconciliation tracking spreadsheets
- Raising requisitions, noting errors in coding and details provided
- Reconciliation of spreadsheets to financial spends and PO reports
- Managing invoices for all projects
- Analysis of all engineering aged invoices from report and issuing analysed report for action
- Checking invoices and allocating to projects coding
- Manging vendors, including set up with procurement and maintain current details on SAP.
- Cost reporting, creating monthly cost reports, reviewing with the project managers and presenting to the client
- Working with accounting to make sure cost analysis is accurate, assists with invoice preparation. Provides labour, margin and revenue forecasts
- Collaborating with engineering in budget preparation, change management, estimating, progress measurement.
- Producing monthly project capital cost reports
- Prepares capital cost reports, liaises with contracts administrators, project managers, engineers and planners
- Running project change management process, preparing variation notes and change orders, maintaining project control and cost trend.
- Production of monthly KPIs and maintenance of project controls process.
- Takes part in client reviews, presents cost report, analysis and forecast.
- Generate department managed service KPIs on a monthly basis for document approval, training completion) and PO spends.
- Helps planners and contracts administrators evaluate progress and preparation of cost reports.
- Assembling of project control weekly reports for engineering groups.
- Helps administer on boarding/off boarding of team members
- Taking part in reviews and presentation to management and client.
- Creates operations backlog reports.
What you need to apply:- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, construction economics or numerical-based relevant degree.
- 5 years+ experience working in a project environment, ideally engineering and cost control.
- Experience in pharmaceutical or biotech industry is desirable.
- Experience in cost engineering, estimating, contract administration and closure of final accounts
- Excellent MS Office skills, Adobe PDF, database systems and accounting software
- Understanding of Oracle & SAP
- Brilliant numerical skills, accuracy and attention to detail.
- Process driven with a focus on compliance and ability to pick up errors.
- Understanding of capital cost estimating
- Knowledge of accounting practices
- Great logical and analytical skills
- Organised, disciplined and driven.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Self-motivated with the ability to work with little supervision.
- Team player
