Cost Technician
About The Position
This role is responsible for establishing lines of communication with various departments to integrate information for accurate reporting. The Cost Technician will utilize effective communication processes to disseminate relevant and timely cost information to enhance project decision making. This includes communicating with suppliers, project staff, and other stakeholders to resolve invoice discrepancies or other cost tracking issues. The role involves working with multiple departments to monitor, share, and analyze data for more accurate project forecasting, assisting in annual budget development and reporting, and reviewing contracts with project staff to ensure accurate project cost tracking and forecasting. The technician will also develop or assist in developing project controls guidelines, standards, processes, job aids, and tools, implement cost preventive actions, and perform standard and special project cost reporting as required by stakeholders. A key aspect of the role is applying effective communication and assessment of project stakeholders' needs for cost reporting, assessment, and analysis to provide optimal communication, information, and reporting.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in project controls/coordination, cost estimating, or related fields
- High school diploma required
- Must be able to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future
- Exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills
Nice To Haves
- Post-secondary education preferred
Responsibilities
- Establish lines of communications with various departments to integrate information to facilitate accurate reporting
- Utilize effective communication processes to disseminate relevant and timely cost information to enhance project decision making
- Communicate with suppliers, project staff, and other stakeholders to resolve invoice discrepancies or other cost tracking issues
- Work with multiple departments to monitor, share and analyze data resulting in more accurate project forecasting
- Assist in annual budget development, preparation, and associated reporting
- Assists in contract review with project staff to facilitate understanding of contract and related unit codes/cost to ensure more accurate project cost tracking and forecasting
- Develop or assist in development of project controls guidelines, standards, processes, job aids and tools
- Works to implement cost preventive action
- Perform standard project and special project cost reporting as required by the project stakeholders; compiles and produces cost reports as required and directed
- Apply proficiency in effective communication and assessing project stakeholders for their core and special cost reporting, cost assessment, and cost analysis needs and provide those stakeholders with optimum communication, information, and reporting.
- Maintain multiple project cost control data files for detailed and summary level information of projects in various stages of the project’s life cycle.
- Process project timesheets and maintain the Time Sheet data base.
- Ensure correctness of submitted invoices by referencing the timesheet data base and conformed contracts.
- Obtain payment approval for invoices from Project Managers
- Communicate all results and issues to the Manager of Project Controls and other departments
Benefits
- All compensation, exempt or non-exempt status, and benefits will be discussed during the interview process.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
