Our client is seeking a Maintenance Project Controls Specialistto play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of Maintenance and Reliability work processes. This position involves meticulously tracking maintenance costs monitoring performance indicators and identifying opportunities for value creation. The role collaborates closely with Finance project managers operations and maintenance engineering teams to efficiently deliver expense projects and maintenance activities focusing on costeffective and ensuring cost allocation aligns with established business rules.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Establish and manage maintenance cost control systems for accurate cost information.
Participate in daily Maintenance Scheduling meetings seeking process improvements.
Lead the value creation program for Maintenance and Reliability identifying opportunities and presenting cases to the Leadership Team. Track savings from active initiatives.
Develop effective maintenance cost reports from SAP or other tools ensuring a reliable APM costrelated interface with SAP and cost metrics.Train the Maintenance and Reliability team on costrelated transactions in SAP.
Ensure cost allocation accuracy in the maintenance planning and scheduling process adhering to business rules.
Update the maintenance spending forecast for maintenance and reliabilityrelated expenses.Actively participate and support the monthend closure processes and monthly budget meetings.Identify monthly cost accruals for maintenancerelated expenditures with the maintenance and operations teams.
Support the Maintenance and Reliability budgetsetting process aligning the budget with requirements.Maintain monthly key performance indicators for Maintenance and Reliability contributing to effective decisionmaking.
Participate in the Bad Actors program identifying highcost maintenance assets and supporting effective actions.
Serve as a backup for the Track Administrator role.Collaborate with the Track Administrator to track maintenance techs overtime manage reasonable overtime costs and maintain updated justification reports.
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Accounting Project Controls or a related field.
3 years of experience in a chemical plant/refinery or similar environment.
Functional knowledge of SAP R3 or higher.
Strong time management and organizational skills. Ability to prioritize work and stakeholder requests in a timesensitive/turnaround environment.
Proficiency in reading contracts quotes and terms and conditions.
Proficiency with all applications within Microsoft Office Suite. Strong Microsoft Excel skills including pivot tables sorts filters etc.Ability to develop and troubleshoot complex formulas links and understand complex spreadsheets.
Selfstarter with strong problemsolving capabilities and the ability to independently work through complex problems and derive innovative solutions/options. Must have a strong aptitude for utilizing supporting and learning applications/systems.
Ability to work in highperforming teams. Excellent interpersonal skills for direct interface with various functions within the company and contractors.Clear and effective communication skills across all levels of the organization including senior management.
Ability to maintain confidentiality when working with sensitive information.
Ability to effectively handle stressful situations.
Must be legally authorized to work in US with no need of sponsorship.
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