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David Careers

Senior Cost Controls Specialist

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mcdermottHouston (TX)
Cost EstimatorsOther Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

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About the role

Senior Cost Controls Specialist Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we've forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably. For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.
Job Description
Job Overview: The Senior Cost Controls Specialist uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the costing discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the cost discipline. The Senior Cost Controls Specialist solves complex problems and uses their discipline-specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Senior Cost Controls Specialist impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities.
Responsibilities: Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
  • Understands constructability concepts, workflow processes (the how it's built) & related interdependencies between Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, and Construction
  • Able to understand and apply contractual requirements and implementation on the project via the project controls execution plan
  • Set up and implement project controls systems
  • Set up and maintain project controls reports
  • Adheres to McDermott's internal project controls processes
  • Analyze and interpret cost forecasting and trending
  • Recommend solutions or recovery plans for problem areas
  • Prepare Project Forecast monthly
  • Assist finance in preparation of the project cash flows and cost spread
  • Participate in proposal development, commercial alignment, and project kickoff processes
  • Train junior personnel in all aspects of cost reporting
  • Monitor variations from the scope of work, capture, maintain, and assess related impacts
  • Set up and maintain the progress measurement system
  • Lead change management efforts, including building of cost estimates and applying or managing amendments to the contract
  • Implement and support the Change Management process
  • Support the Subcontract Management team in verification of progress and earned value against invoices received
  • Support determining the required monthly accruals that are processed by accounts payable
  • Monitor cost coding system is properly applied, and information flow is correct and complete
  • Analyze committed costs and activities to date, actual vs budget, performance, and productivity
  • Perform any other related duties as required
  • QualificationsEssential Qualifications and Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Construction Management, or related fields or 7-10 years of experience in a similar role
  • Good knowledge of MS Office
  • Problem-solving attitude and high level of coordination skills
  • Ability to understand the project scope, schedule, and its relationship to cost and progress
  • Demonstrated effectiveness in prioritizing multiple tasks, and managing efforts to meet deadlines
  • Demonstrated effectiveness in working with others in a multifunctional team
  • Has good working knowledge and understanding of cost, schedule, estimating, and accounting interfaces
  • A basic understanding of JD Edwards is a plus
  • Job InfoJob Identification 26004207 Job Category Project Controls
  • Posting Date 09/10/2026, 12:23 PMJob Schedule Full time
  • Locations EC5

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