Ausjobz is a WA owned and managed recruitment specialist connecting employers with great Australian talent. We are a preferred recruitment partner with a number of Western Australian employers working across the mining, engineering and construction sectors.
Our client, Rio Tinto is seeking an experienced Cost Engineer/Analyst to join their Perth team. This role will report to the Superintendent Project Controls and provide proactive cost and change management support to the delivery teams across multiple projects.
About The Role Key responsibilities of this position include:
Carry out the functional duties necessary for the daily implementation of project cost and change management across regional sustaining capital projects. Establish budget, change management, contingency management, cost risk management, cashflow forecast schedule estimates, costs analysis to provide guidance on the final forecast cost, review and valuation of progress payments and reporting. Assisting the Specialist Project Controls and Project Lead/Manager in managing the Owners cost, provide explanation of projects costs deviation from forecast/plan and alignment to the cost management processes. Maintain the relationship with contracting and project planning stakeholders to provide an informed forecast of the project. Collaborate with the planners/schedulers, contracts and estimating groups to ensure that implications of changes are well articulated and understood. Manage cost assessments and carry out valuations on larger projects, and ensure timely and accurate cost validation, and valuation process. Facilitate project review meetings and update cost management tools and systems. Support development of regular cost and change management reports, including professional analysis and commentary. Assist in the development and update of project cashflow forecasting and estimates at completion. About You To be successful in this role you will ideally have:
Engineering or Quantity Surveying qualifications preferred. Min 5 years' experience of working on a large mining project and dealing with multiple projects at one time. Experience with PrismG2 and advanced level skills in a recognised software system Good level excel spreadsheet skills to verify & crosscheck data accuracy across systems Familiarity with running reports for extraction of information from SAP Ability to work in a tight schedule to meet reporting cut offs Attention to detail. Positive can-do attitude.This role is offered on a rolling 12-month contract working out of Rio Tinto's Perth office on a 4O hour working week. Flexible, family friendly working conditions apply with the ability to work 2 days per week from home.
For a confidential discussion about this position please contact Kevin Hopkins on ******** .
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