Cost Controller

Our Opportunity

Expression of Interest – Lead & Senior Cost Control Opportunities

Ready to work on something beyond business as usual?

Be part of projects that are bringing bold ideas to life. Fortescue’s Board-approved Decarbonisation Program is well underway, with major projects in execution and delivery forecast through to 2030. We’re backing our commitment with investment - and growing the team to make it happen.

Join a US$6.2 billion portfolio of active, large-scale projects across Green Power, Site Infrastructure and Mobility, including the decarbonisation of Fortescue’s HME and LME fleets. These are complex, challenging projects with real momentum, where your expertise can help shape how they’re delivered.

We’re building a pipeline of Senior and Lead Cost Controllers to support projects across Fortescue. Depending on your experience, you’ll lead or contribute to cost control across major construction and execution projects. Mining experience is highly regarded.

Working closely with project teams, you’ll bring sharp cost insight, clear reporting and sound commercial judgement to help manage performance and keep delivery on track. Be part of a team turning ambition into outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

What you may be involved in

• Preparing and monitoring budgets, forecasts and capital expenditure.
• Tracking costs, commitments and actuals, and investigating variances.
• Preparing cost reports and turning capital data into useful insights.
• Supporting month-end processes, including change management, earned value with progress and accruals.
• Maintaining cost structures and data across project systems.
• Reviewing contractor claims, invoices and payment documentation.
• Identifying cost risks and supporting practical actions to manage them.
• Working with project controls, project teams, finance, contracts and procurement and contractors.
• At senior and lead levels, improving processes and supporting or developing team members.

About you

We welcome expressions of interest from senior and lead Cost Control practitioners. Your background includes extensive knowledge and understanding of major project cost control, with commercial acumen in a program based environment.

You’ll bring sound analytical skills, attention to detail and the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders. Experience with SAP and advanced Excel is valuable; familiarity with Omega PIMS (or similiar) with Power BI may also be useful. Relevant qualifications and experience will depend on the opportunity.

Why join the pool?

• Be considered before roles are advertised
• Opportunities supporting our Perth and Operational sites
• Join a large ASX listed company building real industrial transformation

About our Talent Community

Please note that this is a centralised talent community for current and future opportunities across all operational sites.

By submitting your application, you will be added to our Talent Pool and may be notified if your application is forwarded for review against a similar role.

Unless you are actively being considered for a specific position, you may not receive further updates or communication from us. In the meantime, we encourage you to regularly visit our careers website to stay informed about new and upcoming opportunities.

This talent community is for external applicants only. Internal employees and contractors are encouraged to visit our internal careers page to explore current vacancies.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.