Project Controls Cost Analyst (Lake Charles, LA)
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Country: United States
Category: Project Controls
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: September 18, 2026
Job ID: 652025
Job Description
Pay Rate: $60-70/hour
Responsibilities of Position:
- Engage with Project Managers to ensure requisitions are clearly defined and contain all necessary documentation.
- Support the Change Management process.
- Assist in the creation and coding of requisitions to Contractors.
- Supports the monthly Value of Work Done (VOWD) process by requesting and documenting Contractor returned progress.
- Supports the Project Controls team with work process development and improvements.
- Perform monthly Goods Receipts (GRs) for Capital Project purchase orders.
- Support capital project closure process once a project is substantially complete.
- Timely closure of purchase orders in SAP / Ariba
- Track, monitor, forecast project commitments and expenditures
- Facilitate Change Management
- Support VOWD process
- Be a focal point between Grace and Contractor procurement
- Be an active participant in work process improvements.
- Ability to enter, process, and monitor contractor requisitions, purchase orders, and invoices.
- Administer project cost workbooks to ensure proper reporting of project statues and health
- Ability to work unsupervised.
- Ability to challenge effectively and professionally.
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to communicate effectively in different group settings.
- Demonstrated ability in prioritizing daily activities along with strong analytical skills and data analysis.
- Ability to consolidate data into key metrics and communicate them effectively.
- Excel knowledge, formulas, pivot tables
- Knowledge of earned value and cost progress processes
- Degree from an accredited university or college, or in lieu of a degree, High school degree and 4-6 years of relevant experience supporting capital projects as a cost analyst in a manufacturing and chemical/refining environment.
- Use of SAP
- Working knowledge of Ariba
- MS Office Suite
- Basic understanding of accounting principles
- Prior experience in a capital cost analyst role supporting capital projects.
- Basic Cost Management knowledge
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