Lead Cost Specialist

Our Project Controls Team in Calgary, Canada is looking for a Senior Cost Specialist who will function as the Overall Project Cost Lead for a multi-billion-dollar Mining project in Saskatchewan, reporting to the Project Controls Manager/Control Team Lead. The position will require the individual to be located in Calgary with occasional business trips to the project site near Leroy, Saskatchewan.Candidate will be responsible for managing a team of cost specialists that will be responsible for all cost functions as assigned by the Project Controls Manager/Control Team Lead. This includes all project costs associated with the Fluor scopes of work including Home Office Project Management, Material Procurement, and Contracts – both Direct and Indirect scopes, as well as monitoring and controlling of Escalation and Contingency funds.

As a Senior Cost Specialist, you will be responsible to work collaboratively with the project team and other disciplines such as Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Contracting, Fabrication, Modularization, Construction, Construction Management, pre commissioning and commissioning.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain the cost management baseline and systems in accordance with both Fluor and Client standards and procedures

• Implement the Work Breakdown and Project Coding Structures

• Set-up and administration of project cost system – Cobra (Fluor), EcoSys (Client) – including ensuring interfaces with other systems (SAP) are functional

• Ability to understand and work inside client cost system – EcoSys

• Administer reconciliation between SAP and cost system.

• Development, ownership and maintenance of budget data. This includes coding of the estimate utilizing the WBS and standard chart of accounts, uploading the estimate and change management data & publishing the coded estimate

• Facilitate development and oversight of Home Office/Field Staffing Plans and expense/travel forecasts

• Overall responsibility for timely & accurate cost coding of all field/home office purchase order requisitions, subcontracts, & labor

• Timely and accurate input and submission of internal Fluor reports as required based on Fiscal reporting calendar.

• Timely and accurate submission of cost data to Client Monthly Reports as required.

• Ad Hoc Cost Reports as required by management.

• Administration of change management for all Home Office/Field related items within the Fluor scope. This will also include management of the change log and input and reconciliation into the cost reporting system.

• Timely and accurate submission of project cash flow as required.

• Administration reconciliation of cost forecast between Materials Management and Contract Systems to the cost system for all equipment, field material, and subcontracts.

• Responsible for timely and accurate project cost forecasts.

• Conduct cost forecast meetings and interface with Engineering leads, Construction Engineers/Superintendents, and management as required to develop and oversee development and maintenance of the cost forecasting process at a minimum of a monthly basis or as required.

• Provide timely variance analysis and an early warning to management on cost variances to the approved baseline/forecast. Provide corrective action plans as required.

• As lead cost specialist, provide daily direction and supervision for other cost technicians

• Work with Project Controls Manager to determine overall project forecasting development plans & priorities

• Participate in internal and external audits

• Strong ability to analyze cost and project data and make recommendations regarding solutions to problems to PC group, Management or other stakeholders

• Maintain compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and global standards