Lead Cost Controller
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 15, 2026. Wood scores B on the Alion truth index.
Wood is seeking an experienced and driven Lead Cost Controller to join our Minerals and Metals Project Controls team in Perth. This role is responsible for leading all cost control activities across assigned projects, providing robust financial governance, accurate forecasting, performance analysis and commercial insight to support successful project delivery.
The successful candidate will provide leadership and technical direction across project cost management activities while partnering closely with Project Managers, Project Controls Managers, Planning, Procurement, Finance and Client teams.
Wood Minerals & Metals team is currently delivering critical metals projects, including Copper, Nickel, Lithium, Vanadium, Rare Earths, and Base Metals. This portfolio of projects ranging from studies through to EPCM packages working on developments in Australia and internationally - Australia through to Europe, Middle east Africa and Asia.
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Working across studies and projects, the focus of your role will be to create delivery excellence across any assigned project portfolio, provide certainty and confidence to the client(s) whilst maintaining robust financial governance, accurate forecasting, performance analysis and commercial insight to support successful project delivery
As a key part of our team, you will undertake the following duties, which will not be limited to: -
- Lead and coordinate all project cost control activities across assigned projects and study portfolios.
- Provide leadership, mentoring and technical guidance to Cost Controllers and Senior Cost Controllers.
- Establish and maintain project cost control procedures, systems and reporting processes.
- Ensure compliance with Wood project controls standards, client requirements and governance frameworks.
- Prepare and maintain accurate project cost forecasts throughout the project lifecycle.
- Analyse actual costs, commitments, accruals and trends against approved budgets.
- Prepare and present regular project cost reports, dashboards and management summaries.
- Lead project change control processes and ensure cost impacts are accurately assessed.
- Support project risk workshops and cost risk assessments.
- Work collaboratively with Planning, Risk, Procurement, Contracts and Finance teams.
- Act as the primary cost control focal point for assigned projects.
Your career will have seen you have grown through the resource sector, working across a range of projects leading towards a focus within project controls and cost management. Your career will have seen you build tenure within a project delivery environment, with understanding of the establishment and execution of studies and medium to large scale projects.
In addition, you will have:
- Extensive experience in project cost control within the minerals and metals, mining, or energy sectors.
- Demonstrated experience leading cost control activities on medium to large-scale capital projects.
- Experience across studies, FEED, execution and commissioning phases.
- Advanced capability in project budgeting, forecasting and cost reporting.
- Strong experience with Earned Value Management principles and performance measurement.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and leadership skills.
- Valid working rights within Australia
Benefits on joining #TeamWood
Wood is at the forefront of engineering solutions for a net zero future. Being part of Team Wood, means you're in a community unified by our vision, values and behaviours that support how we work together. So much of our success depends on feeling part of a team with people around us that we can rely on.
Our Vision: Deliver Solutions that transform the world.
Our Values: Care Courage Commitment
Supporting clients of all sizes, we share a passion for driving forward minerals and metals projects that are critical to our future and delivering them safely, cost-efficiently, and responsibly as we strive for net zero.
We are committed to creating an inspired culture with diversity and inclusion permeating every corner of our global organisation. Wood provides a comprehensive, flexible, competitive benefit program for our employees.
- Work in the heart of Perth CBD, Access to free 24/7 state of the art Gym & end of trip facilities
- Wide range of benefits across Financial Health, Career Support, Wellbeing and Flexible working arrangements
- Global opportunities for career development, in addition to company supported education pathways for your career growth.
- Access to diverse and attractive projects working on our global industries most exciting developments, partnering closely with our clients on such developments.
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business.
- Competitive renumeration package with regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
It takes a diverse and inclusive community of inquisitive minds to unlock tomorrow’s solutions to the world’s most critical challenges. Wood encourages Women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.