Cost Specialist Kingsport, TN

Turner Industries is a fully diversified industrial contractor. We help move the world forward by providing responsive innovative solutions designed to increase plant production reduce costs reduce downtime and even prevent shutdowns. Headquartered in Baton Rouge LA Turner Industries has over 20000 employees with offices and job sites across the United States. Our single-solution approach in the petrochemical refining energy pulp and paper and related industries has made Turner one of the nations top industrial contractors and earned us the No. 1 spot on ABCs 2024 Top Performers list. People are at the heart of everything we do. Their safety security and satisfaction have always been our top priorities. For proof look no further than our strong working relationships and extraordinary workforce.

Turner Industries Group LLC has an opening for a Cost Specialist to join our team in the Kingsport TN area. This position supports the maintenance capital project and/or the turnaround team with a focus on quantitative analysis of cost and schedule to provide management with the data necessary to make sound business decisions. The Cost Specialist also ensures the projects budget objectives are achieved.

Essential Qualifications:

• Four (4) years of cost control and analyst experience in any combination of industrial maintenance capital projects and/or outages and turnarounds
• Four (4) years of jobsite cost specialist experience or BS degree in one of the following: Business Administration Construction Management Accounting or related curriculum
• Must have a strong background in both cost control and cost analyst
• Working knowledge of basic to moderately complex cost accounting and cost engineering
• Creative thinking skills are required for identifying issues before a potential problem is created
• Mandatory working knowledge of multiple E1 system modules (i.e. Timekeeping Job Cost Accounts Payable Billing Accounts Receivable)
• Preferred working knowledge of various Client systems (i.e. SAP E-Payables TRACK etc.)
• Mandatory understanding of basic Cost Accounting terminology methodology and forecasting techniques
• Demonstrate excellent organizational leadership motivational and communication skills while maintaining a professional appearance
• Creative thinking skills are required for identifying issues before a potential problem is created
• Willingness to professionally represent the company while meeting with Client and Management
• Proficient in Google Workspace
• Post offer drug / alcohol screen physical evaluation and signed acceptance of the Turner Industries Drug Alcohol and Contraband Policy
• Comply with company and client job site safety requirements
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others in the workplace

Functional Requirements:

Effectively manage and control cost general accounting cost accounting conduct audits and create and submit cost reports; work closely with the project management team understand and inform them about the impact and cost diversity or variances of the project; develop Work Cos Breakdown Structure (CBS) for each specific scope of work capital project or turnaround; use Oracle E-Business Suite to create project codes view and manage cost data requisitions purchase orders vendor invoices budget man-hours and costs by object subsidiary and subledger by the CBS following receipt of the job opening notice; fully understand and facilitate the issuance of contract components / documentation; set-up all project tracking tools (e.g. Project Status Reports E1 Reports Payroll Summaries Field Change Orders and Equipment Rental Logs etc.); review all requisitions (materials subcontracts rentals etc.) for proper cost codes and forward to purchasing; provide actual labor man-hour expenditures with Win PCS to planner and scheduler for updating project curves and foremans interface; facilitate / maintain Management of Change (MOC) coding and budgets for the Project; prepare and issue the Project Status Summary report including safety schedule manpower and productivity curves financial status quality controls metrics and field change order logs at the agreed upon interval (i.e. daily weekly monthly etc.); review Vendor invoicing for accuracy and proper cost codes prior to forwarding to Account Payable; prepare and issue the final Project Status Summary report including safety schedule manpower and productivity curves financial status quality controls metrics and field change order logs; perform additional assignments per supervisors direction

Compensation

Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience.

Benefits

Depending on your employment status benefits include health dental vision life ADD voluntary life / ADD disability benefits leaves of absence 401k paid time off paid holidays telehealth access and employee assistance program.

Physical Involvement:

Employee may be required to do the following: reaching in all directions; handling and manipulating objects and materials; coordinating the movement of eyes hands and fingers to operate machines and equipment; lifting 15 to 30 pounds from ground level waist level and/or overhead; carrying objects etc.; standing; sitting; walking; seeing with or without correction; hearing with or without correction; typing/data entry

Turner Industries is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color age religion sex sexual orientation national origin disability and/or protected veteran status in accordance with governing law.

Keywords: cost control specialist analyst

Required Experience:

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