Cost Control Specialist / Cost Controller

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Location: City of Edinburgh
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Cost Control Specialist / Cost Controller

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Responsibilities:

  • Deliver, maintain, and manage robust cost management frameworks, procedures, and tools with responsibility for accurate project cost reporting and analysis.
  • Develop and maintain project budgets and cost reports on behalf of the Project/Package Managers, ensuring EAC (Estimate at Completion) forecasts are available at a suitable level for each financial month end, board meetings, and lenders’ construction reports.
  • Monitor and control project actuals, value of work done (VOWD), commitments, and forecast costs against approved budgets; prepare accurate project reports for senior management.
  • Maintain a robust change control process within the project and recommend actions accordingly.
  • Support package managers in variation orders (VOs) process and drawdowns from project contingency funds.
  • Liaise with Planning to ensure accurate and timely control and forecasting of budgets; assess and include the impact of all change requests in the schedule.
  • Supervise and monitor monthly cost reports from project contractors and/or consultants, ensuring timely and accurate accrual submissions to finance.
  • Support finance in validating monthly invoice/billing requests from contractors and/or consultants, ensuring they are correct and in-line with approved budgets; challenge variations as needed.
  • Participate in cost and estimate risk analysis sessions as required.
  • Work closely with the Finance Team.

Requirements:

  • Relevant degree qualification is preferred but not essential.
  • Candidates with 2 to 3 years’ experience in a similar role, even with lesser qualifications, will also be considered.

Seniority level

  • Entry level

Employment type

  • Full-time

Job function

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Posted: August 18th, 2025