Senior Cost Control Engineer

Overview

Senior Cost Control Engineer role at Ausenco, based in São Paulo, Brazil. The position focuses on CAPEX and OPEX financial control to structure and maintain project financial controls, ensuring integration between contracts, budgets, and disbursements, and maintaining cost predictability throughout the project lifecycle.

We are looking for a Capital Projects Financial Control Specialist with solid experience in CAPEX and OPEX management. This professional will be responsible for structuring and maintaining the financial controls of projects, ensuring integration between contracts, budgets, and disbursements, and cost predictability throughout the project lifecycle. The role emphasizes governance, accuracy, and value generation to ensure transparency of information, support decision-making, and align financial objectives with organizational strategies and client expectations.

• Develop, consolidate, and monitor financial controls of capital projects (CAPEX and OPEX).
• Ensure traceability between contracts, purchase orders, disbursements, and the approved budget.
• Monitor and report cost variations, proposing action plans to mitigate deviations.
• Support the approval process of change orders, ensuring financial impact analysis.
• Prepare financial performance reports (financial S-curves, disbursement forecasts, cash flow).
• Develop and update CAPEX forecasts aligned with the physical progress reported by planning.
• Conduct contingency, financial risk, and management reserve analyses.
• Support internal and external audits, ensuring compliance with corporate standards and policies.
• Create executive dashboards for management, PMO, and clients, translating technical data into strategic information.
• Act as a link between engineering, procurement, planning, and finance, ensuring data integration and consistency.

• Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, or related fields.
• Proven experience in financial control of capital projects (mining, energy, infrastructure, oil & gas, or industrial).
• Proficiency in Advanced Excel, Power BI, and data analysis tools.
• Experience with corporate ERPs (SAP, Oracle, or equivalents).
• Knowledge of project management concepts: CAPEX, OPEX, cash flow, contingencies, reserves, and financial performance indicators.
• Familiarity with Project Controls practices, physical-financial integration, and executive reporting.
• Desirable certification or knowledge of PMI, AACE, or similar methodologies.

This is a permanent position, initially assigned to a strategic project with an expected duration of approximately two years. While the initial assignment is directly related to this project, there is a possibility of extension or reassignment to other future initiatives, depending on company needs and the professional’s performance.

We Support Individual Growth And Aim To Allow You To Work In a Way That Plays To Your Strengths. Our value proposition includes:

• Compensation and work-life balance with a hybrid work model, plus paid parental leave and holiday benefits.
• Career advancement through technical training, mentoring programs, and networking opportunities.
• Balance and wellness through confidential counseling, health services, and a supportive benefits program.
• Recognition and appreciation through a culture of local and global recognition.
• Communication and commitment through dynamic global processes and collaboration with industry leaders.

Our culture emphasizes diversity, openness, and cooperative work environments. We invite you to join us to help set a new standard in sustainability and to develop a unique career path aligned with your ambitions.

Join us and work a better way.

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