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Cost Specialist

IDOM USA
Portland, OR Full Time
POSTED ON 1/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/23/2025

Idom is an employee-owned international engineering, architectural and consulting firm. Our company has more than 5300 professionals in 45 offices in the Americas, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. In the US we emphasize providing professional engineering and consulting services to the sectors of Power, Petrochemical, Renewable Energy, Astronomy, Research Test Facilities, Manufacturing, Pulp and Paper, and the Food and Beverage market sectors. Our company has been in business since 1957. We have a backlog of interesting and technically challenging projects in the US and worldwide.

We are currently expanding operations in the Northeast in the Power Transmission and Distribution sector. Please refer to our global website, www.IDOM.com.

Job Responsibilities

  • The Scheduler and Cost Controller is required to produce a variety of regular and ad-hoc reports in support of our project planning and control initiatives. Working closely with all functional departments, the Cost Controller plays a key role in ensuring that policies, procedures, and standards are adhered to.
  • Verifying the accuracy of all cost information – including confirmation that costs have been properly coded and allocated to the project budget. Producing required accounting and project cost reports.
  • Producing reports on deviations, under-runs and over-runs. Preparing forecasts and cost trend

reports. Reviewing and evaluating trends and their impact on project costs. Monitoring project costs and commitment to budget and forecast. Maintaining change control and the change order register.

  • Assessing progress measurement and developing / updating progress curves for progress reporting.
  • Develop an Integrated Master Schedule of the project according to owner standards and approved scheduling tool.
  • Develop and evaluate the activities in the Integrated Project Schedule that affect the project and be able to capture work that can be completed in six (6) month Look-Ahead increments including work on critical path, work with less than 2 weeks float, work that can be consolidated, and work required to support that which is compatible with other projects.
  • Develop Project Sequence / Logic – preparation of project schedules that accurately identify the interrelationship of activities to be performed by the various disciplines and Third Party Involvement in the project.
  • Perform Current Schedule and Cost (EV, AC) vs. Performance Measurement Baseline, compare
  • and highlight major activity deviations between the original baseline and the current plan based on monthly updates.

  • Perform Critical Path Analysis, identify and analyze critical paths / activities to ascertain project
  • completion in time and in budget, including forecasting delays and evaluation of alternative

    scenarios.

  • Overall responsibility for providing guidance to other project personnel on good scheduling
  • practices and techniques.

  • Owner Manager Planning and Control will coordinate Scheduler-Cost Controller Group to ensure the accomplishment of the Portfolio planning and control goals.
  • Scheduler-Cost Controller Group will work under Manager Planning and Control who will provide direction and oversight.
  • Produce a variety of regular and ad-hoc reports in support of our project planning and control
  • initiatives.

  • Work closely with all functional departments, the Controller / Cost Analyst plays a key role
  • in ensuring that policies, procedures, and standards are adhered to.

  • Responsible for developing, implementing, feeding, reconciling and maintaining valuable
  • project control databases and reports for projects.

  • Manages and ensures the reconciliation of program controls data with financial and
  • performance systems, coordinating with Project Managers.

  • Verifies the accuracy of all cost information including confirmation that costs have been
  • properly coded and allocated to the project budget.

  • Producing required accounting and project cost reports.
  • Producing reports on deviations, under-runs and over-runs.
  • Preparing forecasts and cost trend reports.
  • Reviewing and evaluating trends and their impact on project costs.
  • Monitoring project costs and commitment to budget and forecast.
  • Maintaining change control and the change order register.
  • Assessing progress measurement and developing / updating progress curves for progress reporting. Responsible for EVM during all project stages.
  • Responsible for journal entries when requested.
  • Experience and Education Requirements :

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in Project Controlling and 4 years of experience in Construction Project Scheduling required
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • CAPM or PMI-SP Certificate or equivalent
  • SAP experience required
  • Primavera (preferred) and / or MS Project experience required
  • Experience in the functional areas, Substations, T&D, Gas-Hydro and OSG.
  • Our Employees Enjoy :

  • COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION – Including Incentive compensation based on company performance
  • JOB ENRICHMENT AND CAREER ENHANCEMENT
  • GREAT BENEFITS – Company contributions to Health Savings Accounts, medical insurance, dental insurance, short-term disability, long term disability, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401(k), paid time off, holiday pay, and other benefit programs
  • EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITIONS
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT- IDOM invests in developing its professionals including job-related professional training with tuition reimbursement opportunities
  • We are an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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