Cost Controller

Murphy is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy and water. 

Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities.

Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’ - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. Visit (url removed) or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X:

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A day in the life of a Murphy Cost Controller:

• Provide central support to the ASTI Portfolio 
• Cost and Value Reporting
• Change Control
• Payment and Cashflow
• Subcontract Procurement and Management
• Contract Administration
• Ongoing review of all project costs, including identification and reallocation of any erroneous costs.
• Monitoring activities to ensure accurate and timely processing of payments, expense reports and other project related expenses.
• Provision of accurate and timely cost reports to the project teams, in an established format, to facilitate the monthly reporting and application for payment cycle.
• Assisting the project teams by providing information to contribute to accurate and robust forecasts for all projects.
• Undertake all monthly journalling requirement for the projects, ensuring compliance with Murphy policy documents.
• Provision of substantiation to recorded costs if requested from the Project Team or Client, including support during client audits.
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities within the projects, including identifying and developing innovative methods for improving the cost control processes, process implementation and compliance validation. · Liaise with commercial team and process any master data changes and provide a point of contact for Power BI reporting for new and existing reports.

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• HND/Degree qualification
• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor looking to step up.
• Solid experience across NEC Contracts.
• Registered with RICS / ICES and working towards chartership.
• Experience within a construction/engineering/similar and commercial background.