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As Central Cost Lead, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity, consistency, and insightfulness of cost performance across one of Europe’s most ambitious industrial projects. Sitting within the Central Project Controls Function, this role provides governance and oversight across the programme - setting standards, supporting delivery teams, and ensuring the accuracy of cost data that informs strategic decisions. You will own cost control frameworks and tools, guide embedded project teams, and act as a key interface between cost engineering, planning, risk, and finance.
Job Responsibility:
Develop, maintain, and own Stegra’s cost control standards, tools, templates, and procedures
Provide independent oversight of cost performance across all delivery areas, identifying variances, trends, and risks
Ensure a single, reliable source of cost data is maintained across the project lifecycle
Govern and coordinate the cost aspects of the integrated change control process, ensuring cross-functional impact assessments
Support Area Cost Leads in applying consistent cost methodologies and reporting standards
Provide training and guidance to cost control staff across the project
Produce consolidated cost dashboards and insights for Stegra leadership and the Project Improvement Unit
Drive continuous improvement in cost management systems, processes, and practices
Deploy cost resources into delivery areas when additional support is required
Manages the end‑to‑end change control process across all disciplines, ensuring changes are assessed, coordinated, and implemented
Own the change control framework, standards, workflows, and templates for the entire project
Ensure all proposed changes are assessed for impacts across cost, schedule, risk, and interfaces
Support area teams to embed effective change control practices
Requirements:
~15 years of experience in cost control within large-scale industrial or infrastructure projects, ideally under EPCM contracts
Deep understanding of cost management frameworks, including AACE and PMI standards
Proven experience working across interfaces such as engineering, procurement, construction, quality, and planning
Strong proficiency in cost control tools and reporting systems, including Earned Value Management (EVM), forecasting, and KPIs
Demonstrated ability to lead in complex, fast-paced environments with multiple stakeholders and shifting priorities
Strong communication and influencing skills
capable of working cross-functionally and supporting executive-level decisions
A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a strong sense of structure, integrity, and accountability