Specialist, Project Services – Cost Control Job

HYBRID ELIGIBILITY

This position works a hybrid schedule, spending time remotely and in the office in Minot, ND. The current hybrid schedule provides flexibility to collaborate in the office Tuesdays through Thursdays and work from home Mondays and Fridays. With our 9/80 feature you get time off every other Friday when you work at least 80 hours over the preceding nine days.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Project Cost and Schedule Controller will be responsible for managing the financial and schedule-related aspects of multiple projects within a portfolio, ensuring accuracy in cost controls, schedule updates, and alignment with financial deliverables. The successful candidate will support project managers in key activities, provide monthly cost reports, and work closely with finance to complete month-end reconciliations.

Location:

The role will be based in either Minot, North Dakota, or Houston, Texas, with infrequent travel to Minot as required for project oversight and working with the Project Managers.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cost Management: Oversee cost control processes for assigned projects, ensuring adherence to budget and forecasting accuracy. Generate monthly cost reports detailing expenditures, cost projections, and budget variances.

• Schedule Updates: Manage and update project schedules using Primavera P6, ensuring all timelines align with project milestones and deliverables. Provide regular schedule updates to stakeholders and project managers.
• Financial Reconciliation and Reporting: Perform month-end reconciliations and deliver financial data to the finance team. Ensure data accuracy and completion of finance deliverables.
• Change Order Management: Manage change orders from initiation to approval, working with relevant teams for cost impact analysis and documentation. Ensure COs are accurately recorded and approved in SAP.
• Purchase Requisitions: Create and manage purchase requisitions within SAP, overseeing procurement requirements for each project phase.
• Risk Analysis: Conduct risk assessments using Crystal Ball, applying insights to cost and schedule forecasts to mitigate project risks.
• Collaboration and Support: Work closely with project managers, supporting project management activities and providing insights for PM reporting. Maintain strong collaboration with finance, project teams, and the larger program portfolio to ensure goals are met.
• Data Integration and Reporting: Leverage SAP, Excel, and Procore to consolidate cost, schedule, and risk data for project reporting. Provide program-level details to report portals for transparency across the portfolio.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Skills & Experience

• Proficiency in SAP for cost tracking, requisition creation, and reconciliation activities
• Advanced Excel skills for data analysis and reporting
• Experience with Primavera P6 for schedule management and updates
• Proficiency in Procore for project documentation and cost tracking
• Familiarity with risk analysis tools, such as Crystal Ball (preferred, not required)
• Strong understanding of project management principles, ability to assist PMs in project control tasks

Work Schedule: The role is a hybrid work model:

• Remote Work: Mondays and Fridays, allowing for flexibility and focus on analytical and reporting tasks from home.
• In-Office Presence: Tuesdays through Thursdays, providing dedicated time for in-person work with project teams, finance, and stakeholders.

Competencies

The Hess Way of Working refers to competencies considered absolute prerequisites for success. How you deliver results is as important as what you achieve. Every employee is expected to demonstrate the behaviors within these competencies to be considered an effective performer and, ultimately, earn career growth opportunities.

• Builds Trusted Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Creates Effective Teams
• Thinks Strategically
• Inspires Innovation
• Demonstrates Courage
• Drives Continuous Improvement
• Makes Quality Decisions
• Delivers High Performance

WHAT WE OFFER

Hess provides a comprehensive range of compensation and benefit programs that help you to take care of your health, protect your income, and build savings for the future. Our compensation philosophy is simple – we pay for performance.  The better you and the company perform, the more you can earn.  Here are a few highlights:
 

Base Salary

• Base salaries are competitive, and market based, with pay increases based on objective measures and upward moves.

Annual Incentive Plan

• Every employee participates in our Annual Incentive Plan, which awards a bonus based on how well we fare as a company on our annual performance scorecard and the person’s level of contribution.

All Employee Share Plan

• All employees are Hess stockholders, so they share in the success they help create for the company. Shares are granted to new employees who do not receive stock as part of their compensation package.

Benefits

• Hess cares about your well-being and wants to help you be your best self.  That’s why we offer a compelling benefits package that’s among the best in our industry. Highlights include: medical, dental, and vision coverage; a health savings account; 401 (K) and pension plan; a nationally recognized wellness program; and company paid basic life and disability insurance.

Learn more about our programs at https://hessbenefits.com/.

Learning & Development 

• We believe in lifelong learning and provide a suite of on-demand and instructor-led learning opportunities, in addition to a tuition reimbursement program, designed to help you achieve your professional goals.  Learning encompasses on-the-job interaction with highly skilled colleagues, self-guided study, training, mentoring and participation in formal networks (e.g., technical and employee resource groups.)

WHY HESS?

We aim to be the world’s most trusted energy partner. Modern life and continued human prosperity depends upon access to affordable and secure energy and all forms of energy are required for an orderly and just future. Hess is ideally positioned to provide low-cost oil and gas reliably to help meet the world’s growing energy needs in a way that protects the health and safety of our people, safeguards the environment, and makes a lasting positive impact in the communities where we do business. 

Everything we do is guided by six core values – Integrity, People, Performance, Social Responsibility, Value Creation, and Independent Spirit, from how we treat our employees to how we interact with our neighbors, suppliers and business partners.  They are the basic building blocks of our culture and represent our company’s collective conscience. While our strategy changes over time based on business conditions, our values are enduring. 

We are an industry leader in the Bakken shale play in North Dakota, one of the largest producers in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and a critical natural gas producer and supplier to Malaysia and Thailand. Our exploration and appraisal activities are offshore Guyana, one of the industry’s largest oil discoveries in the past decade, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico and Suriname. 

We are recognized around the world as an industry leader in environmental, social and governance performance and disclosure. 

Hess provides challenging and rewarding opportunities for personal growth. We are always looking for talented professionals who share our values and are passionate about making a difference in the world and in their careers. Unlike much larger companies, we are agile and every member of the team, regardless of level or position, plays an important role. 

We invite you to learn more about what makes us a special place to work.  Click here (www.hess.com) 

Hess is committed to maintaining a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit Diversity and Inclusion | Hess Corporation. To request reasonable accommodation, click here or send an email to MyHR@Hess.com.

Posting Notes: Catherine Denise Nichols | Employee | Facilities & Projects | United States| North Dakota | Minot | | No | 27379