Maintenance Cost Controls Specialist

Pays Etats-Unis Lieu USA Lieu de travail PORT ARTHUR-PORT ARTHUR REFINERY(TX-USA) Domaine Maintenance / Inspection / Technologies Expérience Minimum 6 ans Profil du candidat High School Diploma with 5+ years relevant industry cost control experience Activités • Develop and maintain the Maintenance operating expense budget.
This requires coordination with Maintenance, Operations, Turnaround and all other personnel that provide input to the maintenance budget.
~$90M/year.
Coordination of specific details regarding the Major Maintenance budget, demolition budget (for Maintenance, Capital, and Turnaround), catalyst handling budget, tank maintenance budget, warehouse supplies, and other Maintenance supplies and consumables that makeup the maintenance budget is required.
Work with the Budget Coordinator to develop Maintenance budget presentation slides.
• Develop the necessary system / files for maintenance Solomon data and ensure the delivery of the data to the Solomon Coordinator is proficient and accurate.
• Develop the necessary tools and files to continually improve the tracking and communication of maintenance costs.
Provide clear and continual view to the stake holders of any variations from plan.
• Conduct monthly maintenance cost meetings.
Set expectations of spending based on current spend analysis and historical trends.
Request variance explanations from budget users.
Provide monthly summary with variance explanations to financial personnel prior to each Plant Cost Review Meeting.
Determine budget variances for monthly actuals vs.
budget, mid-month forecast vs budget, EOY forecast vs.
budget EOY, and strategies or plans to compensate for budget overruns.
Determine trends or anomalies associated with the spend patterns that would affect cash flow.
Develop a strategy that would mitigate risks to the budget based on the trend analysis.
Review monthly cost data and ensure correct coding.
Submit journal voucher requests to Accounting to correct coding errors.
Conduct monthly major maintenance cost reviews.
Note variances and push for work and spend schedules as available.
Conduct a monthly review of the demolition budget with Capital and Turnaround.
Provide monthly variances, explanations, and EOY forecast.
Conduct a monthly review of the catalyst handling budget with Operations and Major Maintenance.
Provide monthly variances, explanations, and EOY forecast.
Conduct a monthly review of the tank maintenance budget with the Tank Planning Coordinator.
Provide monthly variances, explanations, and EOY forecast.
Track major work invoicing and document monthly accruals as required to improve monthly forecasting.
Track major unplanned work requests and communicate those impacts to the maintenance spending plan.
• Statistical key strategies: 1) Actual Spend vs.
Budget by month & YTD; 2) EOY Forecast vs.
Budget; 3) Variance Analysis by month and for EOY; 4) Variance Analysis Reporting during the Plant Monthly Cost Review Meeting.
Contexte et environnement • The Maintenance Cost Controls Specialist is charged with maintaining the maintenance budget and cost variance explanations.
• The Maintenance Cost Controls Specialist works closely with the Maintenance, Operations, Turnaround, and Financial personnel to ensure maintenance costs stay on budget.