Job Details

Job Title:

Routine Maintenance Project Controls Specialist

Location:

Martinez, CA

Department:

Maintenance & Reliability / Project Controls

Reports To:

Project Controls Supervisor

Position Summary:

Our client is seeking a Routine Maintenance Project Controls Specialist to support daily maintenance planning and cost control. The focus will be on cost tracking, reporting, and forecasting using SAP, ensuring the integrity of financial controls and work management processes for maintenance projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the routine maintenance cost control process by tracking actual costs, forecasts, and variances using SAP and Excel models.
• Collaborate with maintenance planners and engineers to ensure accurate and timely coding of work orders, purchase orders, and time entries.
• Monitor and reconcile routine work orders, ensuring commitments and actuals align with budget expectations and project priorities.
• Create and maintain cost tracking dashboards, including weekly and monthly reports on spending trends, accruals, and forecasts.
• Analyze cost performance, identify risks and deviations from budgets, and recommend corrective actions.
• Facilitate the monthly forecast cycle with finance, ensuring alignment between reported costs and business expectations.
• Maintain documentation for change management, tracking budget changes, scope additions, and related cost impacts.
• Support compliance with corporate controls and reporting policies, ensuring consistent cost tracking practices.
• Coordinate with capital project teams on crossover projects to ensure accurate cost separation between maintenance and capital expenditures.
• Assist with audit and closeout documentation for routine maintenance, ensuring accuracy and completeness.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Business, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in maintenance or project cost control.
• Advanced proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational, and analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in oil & gas, energy, or manufacturing industries.
• Familiarity with Work Order and Maintenance Management processes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

With over 90 years of combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider across sectors including Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining, and Manufacturing. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we provide engineering and technical expertise worldwide. We support contractors with visa and work permit assistance, market-leading benefits, and accommodation, ensuring safe and compliant support for our clients.