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Part of the CIMIC Group, we are proud to be constructing Australia’s future and do so collaboratively with our partners and clients. We hire for careers, not project life. CPB Contractors has more than 50 major infrastructure projects in delivery, across all key sectors of the construction industry, including roads and bridges, rail, tunnelling, defence, airports, buildings, and resources, providing you with career opportunities for years to come.\nYour Opportunity\nWe are seeking an experienced and motivated Cost Controller to join our project team based near Ararat, Victoria. Reporting to the Cost Control Manager, you will play a key role in managing subcontractor and supplier contracts, project financial administration, procurement activities, and commercial reporting.\nKey Responsibilities\nLaunch purchase orders (POs) in coordination with the other departments involved.\nCollaborate in reviewing the correct wording of the section on costs in contracts before they are closed.\nUpdate the monthly financial information for the project (ECO and cost distribution) and prepare all necessary reports in accordance with the procedures of the cost control as per corporate policies.\nMonthly update of project costs for reporting to the finance department\nAnalysis of project costs: incurred, committed, pending commitment, contingencies, forecast, deviations, risks, and opportunities.\nCoordinate the work certification process with subcontractors and the project team.\nControl and monitoring of internal and external change orders (subcontractors).\nHold monthly meetings with the Project Planning & Controls Manager during the execution and closure phases.\nSite based as per the project requirements.\nEnsure that documentation relating to project costs is correctly uploaded to SharePoint (ECO, Cost Distribution, and Certifications).\nProvide project cost information to other interested departments: Cost Assessment and Analysis, Engineering, SC, Logistics, Quality, etc.\nOur minimum requirements for this role are:\nAny Engineering degree with experience in construction\nSpecific training in cost control. Additional specific courses in finance, planning, and project management will be valued and an advantage.\nEnglish language high level, spoken and written.\nAbility to negotiate with third parties, work in a team, and perform technical analysis of projects.\nExtensive technical knowledge of cost control\nKnowledge of planning\nManagement of industrial EPC projects.\nKnowledge of SAP (JDE / FPM) and Microsoft Office tools\nWe particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, Veterans and Active Defence Reserve members, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. CPB Contractors is proud to hold the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Citation - Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.\nWe’re always looking for ways to make CPB Contractors a more rewarding place to work and offer a unique set of benefits, including:\nA rewarding career where we support your development, training and promote from within.\nOpportunities across all construction sectors so that there is always an opportunity suitable for the next stage in your career.\nCompetitive remuneration and excellent benefits including a health and wellbeing program, discount portal and company-funded salary continuance insurance.\nFlexible work arrangements and a culture that values diversity and innovation.\nPlease note: This role is being sourced through CPB Contractors directly and we will not accept applications via external recruitment agencies.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3746,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Construction"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-05T08:48:09Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":82,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.821,"p_room":1,"age_days":9,"expected_fill_days":32,"reasons":["conf:4","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/cpb-contractors-cost-controller","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/cpb-contractors-cost-controller.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T20:32:56Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":27334,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2018592},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2018592"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcpb-contractors-cost-controller"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcpb-contractors-cost-controller"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcpb-contractors-cost-controller"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/cpb-contractors-cost-controller\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcpb-contractors-cost-controller"}]}