Lead Cost Controller (2025-069) Sohar, Oman

We are looking for a Lead Cost Controller with the following details : 

Location : Muscat, OMAN

Duration : 12 months (renewable) 

Work Status : Residential 

Start Date : June 2025 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND BACKGROUND

  • Professional Experience (years): 15+
  • Experience in similar position (years): +10 years’ experience with Projects Cost Control Systems (preferably in Oil/Gas Industry), Experience in a supervisory position, Experience operating in Fabrication/Construction yards
  • Level / Diploma: Degree qualified in Accounting, Engineering or similar
  • Technical competencies: High level of understanding of SAP systems and Project requirements in alignment with Project Execution and Handover requirements + Sound IT (EXCEL, PowerPoint, PDF) and systems management knowledge
  • Languages: English and French mandatory

MISSIONS

  • The Service Holder shall work within Project Control team supporting the LNG Bunkering Project in Cost Control management during Execution phase.

The service holder:

  • Ensures efficient and accurate receipt, registration, analysis, processing and filing of all project cost documentation.
  • Supports the Project Control and Project Team in all matters relating to Cost Control area
  • Shall contribute to delivery of the project in time, in budget
  • Shall observe & impose strict confidentiality all along the course of the Project
  • The service holder is accountable for demonstrating an exemplary behaviour with regard to HSE rules & requirements, with regards to the Company Ethics and “Code of Conduct” policy.

His is responsible for all the activities relative to services to the Project, in particular, in the following domains:

Budget

  • Participate to the Project Budget preparation
  • Coordinate the detailed preparation and issues of the various budgets (internal & external) with input from the members of the project team
  • To provide "ad-hoc" support as required

Cost Reporting

  • Prepare the Cost Control reports
  • Assistance to cost trends analysis.
  • Monitoring and Assessment of Commitments, Variations and Value of Work done

Cost Control

  • Participate to Monitoring and Control of the Project expenditures
  • Control and input the commitments data.  Allocation of commitments to budgets
  • Verification of invoice and cash call from Contractors and Vendors
  • Preparation of cash flow estimate and final forecast costs
  • File the cost control documents according the document filing system.
  • Ensure RFS full process administration (open, register, analysis, control, report, closure)
  • Preparation and monitoring of AFE’s
  • Estimation of changes
  • Development of a Work Breakdown Structure and Cost Breakdown Structure
  • Establishment of comprehensive cost control procedures
  • Monitoring Contingency usage
  • Provision of cost support and guidance to the Project Team
  • Establishment of comprehensive cost control procedures
  • Performing as a focal point of costing work.
  • Establishing and maintaining appropriate costing philosophy and methodology for the Project.

Invoicing:

  • To implement an efficient invoicing process between the different locations of each project
  • To monitor invoices, in liaison with TEPOD accounting department to enable timely payment of invoices.
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