Lead Cost Control Engineer

Job Description Summary

En tant qu'équipement client, installations ou projets d'infrastructure connexes : responsable de l'exécution du projet, de la comptabilité des résultats et de la satisfaction de la clientèle par la gestion des activités et des ressources liées au projet. Responsable de la planification et/ou de l'exécution des opérations du département ou axé sur l'exécution d'activités professionnelles au sein d'une discipline technique. Fonctions dotées d'une certaine autonomie, mais guidées par les politiques établies ou l'analyse des résultats finaux.
Ce poste est autorisé à modifier les procédures et les pratiques en relation avec les tâches dans la mesure où les résultats finaux répondent aux normes d'acceptabilité (qualité, volume, respect des délais, etc.).

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Maintains project cost to complete budgets in alignment with as sold position and in coordination with budget holders, consistently with actual progress and trend.
• Supports forecast estimation and verifies the accuracy of the actual to date cost (material, labor, manufactured costs, suppliers' invoices, timesheets, travel expenses).
• Drive and challenge budget at completion, with analysis through various means (earned value, productivity, cost ratio, market trends...). Validates accuracy of estimates.
• Develop mitigations / catch up plans in alignment with functional leaders and Project Manager.
• Aligns with project team and time schedule to ensure forecasted cost risks are accurately captured and costs time phased.
• Checks and controls cost movements, compares with current scope and progress as well as with previous forecast.
• Communicates cost status / forecasts / risk to budget holders and drives / supports risk mitigation and cost out.
• Presents all financial data in a transparent way, attends project and management review to present cost status, budget deviations and root causes.
• Aligns with Finance Controller to ensure reconciliation takes place between approved project financial data and books.
• Aligns with planner to ensure costs and schedule are aligned, providing time phased cost forecasts for sales pacing.
• Reports on cost movement root causes impacting sales targets.
• Support disputes and analysis of claims.

• Degree in engineering (with financial awareness) along with 6+ years of experinece
• Advanced and demonstrated years experience of cost controls / project controls / project management on large & complex or turnkey infrastructure projects.
• Experience in risk management processes and tools.
• Knowledge of ERP systems is an asset (SAP preferred).
• Experience managing small teams within a large project is an asset.
• Project planning experience / good P6 planning software understanding is an asset.

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.