Senior Cost Control Manager

Job Summary

The Senior Cost Control Manager oversees the areas of conceptual estimating, budget development, cost planning and value management. This position is responsible for the company-wide cost plans, monitors and reports on the company project cost plans, and monitors cost and collects the cost data to ensure conformity with the Management’s budget directives cost tracking, forecasting; and financial reporting. Ensures resource and activity costing is available on a monthly basis for all Projects.

Job Responsibilities 1

Principal Accountabilities

• Drives the company’s cost estimating process to achieve best-in-class results.
• Directs the compilation of the CCS accounts for every project audit to ensure correct information is passed to site.
• Develops a regime of constant monitoring for the information produced by the cost control system.
• Establishes cost control goals, metrics and roadmaps

Job Responsibilities 2

1. Drives the organization’s cost estimating process to achieve best-in-class results for all clients. This includes providing all types of cost-related advice throughout the project assignments.

2. Facilitates the strategic planning process that establishes the foundation for site level cost programs and projects.

3. Understands all relevant project documents relating to the cost Management of allocated project(s) and provide feedback during the budget approval process. Issue suitable direction to subordinate staff to ensure they have a clear idea on what is required.

• Manages Cost Control department and manages Cost control engineers at HQ and on site
• Supports site Commercial Managers with Budget Transfer information.
• Reviews, reports and proposes where required Budget (due to missing Items or Miscalculations in the budget) adjustments.

2. Directs the compilation of the CCS accounts for every project audit to ensure correct information is passed to site.

• Manages the format and upload the CCS Approved budget in the ERP within 5 days of receiving the data from Estimating.

3. Develops a regime of constant monitoring for the information produced by the cost control system.

• Ensures that Projects monthly verification of Stock available at site and reported to Commercial Director.
• Prepares monthly report on PC, SRV, SIV and reallocation as needed for all projects

4. Completes regular reviews of the cost reporting mechanism to ensure that it is robust and to best practice standards.

• Reviews senior cost control managers site visit reports and supports with site visits where required. These site visits are to provide feedback and cost control feedback to the site commercial managers and cost control representative at least once a month to verify the progress measurements.
• Submits monthly report for after co-ordination with site commercial managers the verified bcwp into the erp system of each project (this includes a monthly cost report meeting with the site management team.

5. Manages the completion of the monthly project cost report. Set target dates for cost meetings.

• Produces the Monthly company projects Job Cost Report
• Manages and assists in the Production of the Monthly Company Cost Report and achieve it within 15 days from the end of the month.