Principal Cost Controls Specialist

Job description

Job Overview: The Principal Cost Controls Specialist interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices to improve cost and schedule. They will be tasked with solving complex cost management problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Cost Controls Specialist may be required to guide junior personnel. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in costing and broad knowledge of the costing discipline within the project controls function. Key Tasks and Responsibilities: - Implement McDermott processes and systems on projects - Lead the project controls team on large and highly complex EPC projects - Implement constructability concepts, (the how it’s built) and related interdependencies between Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, and Construction in support of the Advanced Work Planning (AWP) process - Support the development of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) on complex projects with multiple partners and compensation types - Implement internal and contractual requirements on the project via the project controls execution plan - Lead setup and implementation of project controls systems - Responsible for the accuracy of pr...