Senior Cost Controller
The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Senior Cost Controller to join Downer's Utilities – Water Services business.
Reporting to the Finance Manager , this role is responsible for providing strategic financial leadership across multiple complex infrastructure and construction projects, ensuring robust cost control, forecasting accuracy, and commercial governance throughout the project lifecycle.
Working closely with project delivery teams, finance stakeholders, and senior leaders, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and enabling informed decision-making across a portfolio of critical water infrastructure projects.
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly analytical and commercially minded professional who thrives in a fast-paced project environment and is passionate about mentoring others and driving best-practice financial governance.
What You'll Do
- Lead cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and financial governance across multiple complex projects.
- Provide strategic insights through trend analysis, project performance reporting, and risk and opportunity management.
- Oversee month-end reporting, cost accruals, cash flow forecasting, and budget management activities.
- Partner with project and delivery teams to identify early cost and schedule risks and implement corrective actions.
Mentor cost control professionals and promote continuous improvement of systems, processes, and reporting practices.
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What We Offer
- Opportunity to work on large-scale, essential water infrastructure projects that support communities across Australia.
- Career development opportunities within a Tier 1 ASX-listed organisation committed to internal mobility and succession planning.
- Access to industry-leading leadership and development programs, including THRIVE and EmpowHER .
- Flexible and supportive working environment focused on collaboration, development, and wellbeing.
- Access to Perks@Downer , offering discounts and benefits across travel, retail, health, and financial services.
The opportunity to work within a business that combines the agility of a project environment with extensive in-house technical and engineering capabilities.
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What We're Looking For
- Significant experience (10+ years preferred) in project cost control, cost management, or project finance within major capital construction or infrastructure projects.
- Strong understanding of financial management, project accounting, forecasting, budgeting, cost control, and Earned Value Performance Management (EVPM).
- Experience using project cost control systems such as InEight , along with ERP platforms such as JDE or similar.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and data analysis skills, with the ability to interpret and present complex financial information to stakeholders.
Highly analytical, detail-oriented, collaborative, and capable of influencing stakeholders at all levels while mentoring and developing others.
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About Energy & Utilities
Downer's Energy & Utilities business unit is an integrated trans-Tasman team, providing services and solutions that connect communities to essential networks and infrastructure. We design, build, operate and maintain today's critical assets and networks, delivering complete services across the water, electricity, telecommunications, industrial and power generation sectors.
Our expertise spans in-house technical smarts, specialist engineering, integrated OEM partners, and dedicated crews of qualified tradespeople.
Downer Group is an employer that acknowledges and embraces the importance of our people's diverse experiences, talents, and cultures. As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from everyone.
How to Apply
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