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Senior Cost Controller

Fortescue -
Perth WA

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Job Details

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Qualifications

Microsoft Excel
SAP
Engineering
Microsoft Office
Finance
Analysis skills
Bachelor's degree
Forecasting
Construction experience
Budgeting
Business
Communication skills

Full Job Description

Country/Region: AU

State: WA

City: Perth

Job ID: 18183

Senior Cost Controller

About Us

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Perth – Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people

Roster: Monday to Friday

Fortescue has multiple opportunities for experienced Senior Cost Controllers to join our Major Projects team, supporting a diverse portfolio of significant projects across the business.

These roles offer the opportunity to contribute across a suite of major projects, including our decarbonisation program and greenfield mining expansions. Working across projects at different stages of development and delivery, you will play an important role in maintaining strong financial discipline, cost visibility and project performance.

As a Senior Cost Controller, you will partner with project teams to provide accurate budgeting, forecasting, cost reporting and analysis, while strengthening cost management systems and processes. You will bring commercial insight to project decision-making and help ensure our major projects are delivered with effective financial oversight and control.

This is an opportunity to build your experience across a varied and evolving major projects portfolio while contributing to projects that support Fortescue's operational growth and decarbonisation ambitions.

Key Responsibilities

Implement and maintain cost management systems, processes, and procedures to support consistent project cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.
Manage project cost and progress reporting, ensuring accurate, timely insights and identification of actions to maintain baseline targets
Apply and maintain the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to ensure alignment across systems, reporting, and cost tracking
Deliver monthly cost reporting, variance analysis, and performance insights using earned value management (EVM) techniques
Manage Value of Work Done (VOWD), commitments, resource forecasting, and Estimate at Completion (EAC) / Estimate to Complete (ETC) processes
Oversee work packages to ensure cost compliance with the Project Controls Plan and validate contractor progress and invoicing
Review contractor claims, purchase orders, and payment certificates, ensuring alignment with contracts and project performance
Manage accruals, cost allocations, and financial close processes, ensuring accurate recording against cost centres and WBS
Ensure effective change management processes (PCN) are applied and reflected in cost forecasts and reporting
Monitor and audit cost systems and SAP data, supporting procurement activities and mentoring junior cost controllers to ensure accuracy and continuous improvement.

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Commerce, Finance, or a related discipline, with project management or recognised project controls certification desirable
Minimum 5 years’ experience in project controls roles across complex construction, engineering, resources, or renewable energy environments
Demonstrated experience delivering project controls across full project lifecycles, from early estimates through to execution and close-out
Proven capability managing cost control functions for mid to large-scale capital projects, including development of progress reporting methodologies
Strong understanding of project controls principles, including budgeting, cost tracking, and cashflow forecasting and analysis
Experience working on major or mega projects, including exposure to international interfaces or multi-stakeholder environments
Sound knowledge of project services, contracting, and procurement disciplines and their integration with cost engineering activities
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to apply practical solutions in dynamic project environments
Highly effective communication and reporting skills, with the ability to present insights and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and MS Office tools, with experience in project systems such as Omega PIMS advantageous.

Our Commitment

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

https://fortescue.com/careers

Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.

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