Tesla
Tesla is looking for a Cost Control Lead to work on large scale ground-up Engineering-Procurement-Construction project that requires exceptional talent. The product portfolio is expanding with never-built-before production lines, and requirements demand cell production volume at a scale which was once thought to be impossible to reach. Our environment is fast-paced and incredibly exciting. Required commitment is that you bring in your passion for advancing energy sustainability, your desire to work on difficult problems pushing the limits, your willingness to value team success beyond your own, and your unwavering positive attitude towards sustained hard work.
What You’ll Do
Cost Control Management: Support the development and implementation of cost management program for construction projects, including approved budget, total commitments, cost incurred and invoiced costs. Work closely with project team to forecast project costs during project execution
Change Management/Cost Forecasting: Support the Change Management process to ensure accurate cost projection for each project
Cost Communication: Manage program teams to produce dashboards to communicate cost performance across teams
Cost Analysis & tracking: Perform trend analysis and actively evaluate project cost performance to identify potential risk areas and validate forecast
Reporting: Maintain cost tools and reports to communicate project cost metrics and performance with the project team and senior managers so they can make data-based decisions
Risk Assessment: Work with key stakeholders to identify project risks and track them
Benchmarking: Track historical cost to help develop up to date benchmarking data for estimating
What You’ll Bring
8+ years of experience in Construction Project Controls experience, preferably in industrial construction, manufacturing construction, and/or high-tech industries
Previous experience supporting minimum $50M+ projects
MBA/Finance Degree is a bonus
Have an innovative approach to the work for better efficiency
Open-minded, collaborative, and team-oriented attitude
Ability to work with a lot of data and present it in a meaningful way
Capacity to work within a high-performance, cross-functional and fast changing organization with extremely tight timelines and aggressive goals
Understanding of construction means and methods in the civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing disciplines
Knowledge of construction estimating and scheduling.
Software systems and packages including Aconex, Microsoft Power BI, P6, Bluebeam, CAD, and other construction packages
Detail oriented with exceptional organizational skills
Demonstrated problem solving ability in cross-functional environment.
Strong work ethic