Cost Controller – Maintenance, Turnarounds and Construction
Core
Planning, tracking, forecasting, and reporting costs for refinery maintenance, outages, turnarounds, and capital construction to ensure financial stewardship and cost visibility.
Role type
Cost Controller (Maintenance, Turnarounds, and Construction)
Builds
Cost estimates, budgets, forecasts, and dashboards for refinery asset performance
Domain
Oil refining / Heavy industrial maintenance
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Cost estimation, budgeting, variance analysis, accrual management, SAP, Primavera P6, Earned Value Management (EVM), project controls governance, change control management
Preferred skills
Refinery operations experience, advanced Excel, reporting automation, data integration
Technologies
SAP, Primavera P6, Excel
Responsibilities
Develop cost estimates and budgets for maintenance and turnarounds; Track labor, materials, equipment, and contractor spend; Monitor commitments, accruals, and actual expenditures; Perform variance analysis (Plan vs. Actual vs. Forecast); Prepare daily cost tracking reports and dashboards; Support funding approvals and budget authorization processes; Ensure alignment between field progress and financial reporting.
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
