Cost and Project Planning Controller
Description
About the role
📍 Asturias | 🏢 On-site | 📊 Stable and strategic project
At Nortempo Selección, we are looking to hire a Cost and Project Planning Controller for a company specializing in engineering, automation, and technical services.
We are looking for a person with high analytical capacity, accustomed to working with costs, margins, planning, and economic control of projects, who wants to assume a key position in decision-making and in improving the company's profitability.
What you'll do
To plan and control the company's projects economically and operationally, anticipating needs, deviations, and results to facilitate decision-making, optimize resources, and improve project margins.
We are not looking solely for a profile oriented toward historical data analysis, but for a person capable of forecasting scenarios, identifying risks, and proposing actions before deviations occur.
Economic control and monitoring of project costs.
Economic and workload planning.
Monitoring of budgets, purchases, subcontracting, and hours charged.
Preparation of final cost forecasts, margins, and results.
Control of ongoing projects and work pending invoicing.
Analysis of deviations regarding budget and planning.
Monitoring of milestones, deadlines, and resource needs.
Preparation of production and invoicing forecasts.
Continuous coordination with project managers and the production area.
Preparation of dashboards and reports for management.
Improvement of the quality and reliability of the information recorded in the ERP.
Analysis of cash flows associated with projects.
What we're looking for
-Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Industrial Organization, or similar.
-Minimum of 4 years of experience in controlling, planning, or economic management of projects.
-Experience working with:
-Project costs and profitability.
-Budgets and forecasts.
-Economic control and operational planning.
-Advanced proficiency in Excel.
-Experience with ERP and planning tools.
-Capacity to work with indicators, margins, workloads, and future scenarios.
Nice to have
We will especially value
Experience in companies of
-Engineering.
-Industrial automation.
-Installations.
-Industrial maintenance.
-Technical services.
-Knowledge of planning using Gantt charts or other similar tools.
-Experience working in multi-project environments.
-Capacity for communication with production, project managers, and management.
What you'll get
- Permanent contract.
-Joining a growing company with high technical complexity projects.
-Salary between €35,000 and €40,000 gross per year, depending on experience and knowledge provided.
-Direct participation in the economic and strategic decision-making of the organization.
-Real possibilities for professional growth.
How you'll work
-Full-time on-site position.
-Flexible working hours:
Monday to Thursday: entry between 07:00 and 09:00 and exit between 16:00 and 18:00.
Friday: entry between 07:00 and 09:00 and exit between 14:00 and 16:00.
Intensive working day during July and August, with the same schedule as Friday.
Key Competencies
High analytical capacity.
Orientation toward results and profitability.
Capacity for forecasting and anticipation.
Organisation and planning.
Global vision of projects and resources.
Capacity to detect deviations and propose corrective actions.
Autonomy in decision-making.
In summary
We are looking for a profile that goes beyond traditional cost control. A person capable of understanding the business, anticipating project results, and providing reliable information for strategic decision-making, actively contributing to the improvement of the company's performance and profitability.