Project Controls

Project Controls
- Turnaround Cost Controller

• Pay Rate: $49/hour, depending on experience
• Contract Length: 60 Days
• Location:
  
  (Taylor) Fort St John, British Columbia

Raise is currently hiring a Project Controls
- Turnaround Cost Controller on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client,is one of Canada’s most progressive Midstream companies in Canada

Note:

The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable..

The Turnaround Cost Controller provides critical onsite cost-control support for turnaround operations. In this role, you will maintain an accurate, real-time view of incurred costs, commitments, forecasts, and budget variances.

Serving as the central connection point between field execution, contractors, Finance, Supply Chain, scheduling, and turnaround leadership, you will drive cost visibility and accountability across every phase of the outage.

Provide onsite cost-control support for the turnaround by maintaining an accurate, current view of:

• Costs incurred to date
• Committed costs
• Forecast cost to complete
• Estimate at completion
• Budget variances and their causes
• The role will serve as the central connection between field execution, contractors, Finance, Supply Chain, scheduling, and turnaround leadership.

• Pre-Execution Setup (Start Date August)
• Develop a fit-for-purpose cost-control model by contractor, PO, cost category, and work order where practical.
• Establish contractor requirements for daily cost reporting, time-ticket submission, third-party costs, rentals, materials, equipment, and final invoicing.
• Confirm when and where each contractor’s cost information will be available.
• Load approved budgets, estimates, commitments, rates, and execution forecasts into the tracking model.
• Align the schedule and resource plan with the daily cost forecast and expected cash-flow curve.
• Establish processes for accruals, missing tickets, change orders, found work, and PO closeout.
• Identify cost-reporting gaps before execution begins.
• Daily Execution Controls
• Collect and reconcile contractor time tickets and daily cost reports.
• Confirm all expected tickets have been received and follow up immediately on missing information.
• Pre-screen tickets for:
  • Correct labour rates, hours, overtime and LOA
  • Headcount compared with security or site-access records
  • Equipment usage, downtime and standby charges
  • Rental quantities and duration
  • Correct PO and work-order coding
  • Duplicate, unsupported or unreasonable charges
• Work directly with contractor project-controls personnel and administrators.
• Track third-party commitments, rentals, materials and other costs that may not appear promptly in daily tickets.
• Create reasonable accruals for costs incurred but not yet invoiced or ticketed.
• Maintain a current change-order and found-work log, including forecast impacts.
• Attend daily coordination meetings and maintain regular contact with field coordinators to understand delays, scope changes, equipment issues and emerging costs.
• Compare actual field progress and manpower against the schedule and contractor forecasts.
• Identify cost risks early enough for the team to take corrective action.
• Forecasting and Reporting
• Update the daily cost report within approximately 24 hours of cost being incurred.
• Maintain the following:
  • Actual cost to date
  • Accrued cost
  • Committed cost
  • Forecast cost to complete
  • Estimate at completion
  • Approved budget
  • Forecast variance
• Explain the reason for material variances, including scope growth, schedule delays, productivity, contractor changes, equipment downtime and third-party costs.
• Provide a clear daily cost narrative for turnaround leadership.
• Highlight emerging overruns, missing commitments and forecast uncertainty.
• Reconcile the onsite forecast with the corporate dashboard and Finance records.
• Provide contractor-level summaries showing why a contractor is forecast over or under budget.
• Maintain forecast accuracy through startup, demobilization and post-work.
• Closeout
• Develop forecasts for remaining…