Senior Cost Controller | Minerals & Metals

at  John Wood Group

Wood is at the forefront of engineering solutions for a net zero future. Being part of Team Wood, means you’re in a community unified by our vision, values and behaviours that support how we work together. So much of our success depends on feeling part of a team with people around us that we can rely on.
Our Vision: Deliver Solutions that transform the world.
Our Values: Care Courage Commitment
Supporting clients of all sizes, we share a passion for driving forward minerals and metals projects that are critical to our future and delivering them safely, cost-efficiently, and responsibly as we strive for net zero.
Wood Minerals & Metals team is currently delivering critical metals projects, including Copper, Nickel, Lithium, Vanadium, Rare Earths, and Base Metals. This portfolio of projects ranging from studies through to EPCM packages working on developments in Australia and internationally – Australia through to Europe, Middle east Africa and Asia.
This role will see you join the Project Services team who are based across our Perth and Brisbane office. Our team supports both our Brisbane and Perth business, across Cost Control, Planning and Document Control disciplines.
We partner with our stakeholder to deliver quality services to ensure success and quality within our project delivery.
Working in a key engineering service contract, the focus of your role will be to create delivery excellence across the assigned project portfolio, provide certainty and confidence to the client and maintain robust control of project scope, schedule, cost and risk.

As a key part of our team, you will undertake the following duties, which will not be limited to: -

• Provide project support by monitoring and reporting on cost, project progress, invoicing, change control and variations
• Developing project budgets in accordance with project estimate and CBS - Producing updates to project cost forecasts
• Review and maintain Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS)
• Liaise with procurement, finance, and time-capture functions, and third parties as required, to ensure accurate and timely capture of procurement, materials, subcontract and labour resource hour costs.
• Prepare up to date cost reports showing approved budgets, commitments, expenditures, forecasts,
• Contribute to building a cost-conscious attitude throughout the project team.

At Wood you will join an inclusive and diverse global community of inquisitive minds and recognised industry innovators, partnering to create new possibilities.

• Provide project support by monitoring and reporting on cost, project progress, invoicing, change control and variations
• Developing project budgets in accordance with project estimate and CBS - Producing updates to project cost forecasts
• Review and maintain Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS)
• Liaise with procurement, finance, and time-capture functions, and third parties as required, to ensure accurate and timely capture of procurement, materials, subcontract and labour resource hour costs.
• Prepare up to date cost reports showing approved budgets, commitments, expenditures, forecasts,
• Contribute to building a cost-conscious attitude throughout the project team