Project Cost Controller
Step into a high-impact role as a Project Cost Controller, where you’ll partner closely with the Commercial Manager to drive the financial success of a diverse portfolio spanning machine builds, capital projects, and service operations. This is more than cost control - it’s about shaping performance, influencing decisions, and ensuring every project delivers maximum value.
You’ll take ownership of project financials end-to-end, from budgeting and forecasting through to cost monitoring, recovery, and profitability analysis.
In this role, you’ll champion strong financial governance - ensuring all project spend aligns with approved budgets, internal policies, and compliance frameworks- while maintaining accurate, transparent reporting across the business.
You’ll also lead a small team, streamline invoicing and admin processes, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance overall business performance.
If you are commercially astute, detail-driven, and ready to make a tangible impact in a dynamic project environment, this is your opportunity to lead from the front and shape how projects deliver value.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the commercial and financial management of machine builds, CAPEX programs, and related projects, ensuring strong cost control, cost recovery, and margin optimisation.
- Monitor project and CAPEX financial performance, delivering timely insights, variance analysis, and actionable recommendations to support decision-making.
- Drive accurate cost tracking and implement corrective actions to protect and enhance project profitability.
- Manage and maintain service profitability, ensuring alignment with commercial targets and lifecycle performance expectations.
- Ensure robust financial governance, aligning expenditure with approved budgets, delegation of authority, and compliance requirements.
- Oversee invoicing processes to ensure alignment with project milestones and contractual obligations.
- Partner with operations, finance, and sales teams to improve cost visibility, commercial discipline, and operational efficiency.
- Drive accurate cost tracking, variance analysis, and implementation of corrective actions to protect and enhance profitability.
- Champion continuous improvement in cost control, reporting, and commercial governance processes.
- Support the Commercial Manager with commercial planning activities, including budgeting, forecasting, and profitability analysis across the project and CAPEX portfolio.
About you
- Degree in project management, commerce, finance or related discipline
- At least 3–5 years’ experience in project-based roles, with demonstrated involvement in project financial management, cost control, and commercial delivery.
Desirable
- A recognised Project Management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP) highly regarded.
- Experience in construction, mining or heavy equipment industry is advantageous.
Benefits
- Global Company – Job Stability
- Generous employee benefits, including 5 days bonus leave days, paid parental leave, early access to Long Service Leave
- Ongoing Development and career progression
- Corporate Health Insurance Discount
- Generous discounts for goods & services via our employee benefits program
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion sit at the heart of the Liebherr Group’s Core Values. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the communities in which we live, work and operate. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, teamwork and diversity of thought in the workplace
Have we awoken your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your online application. If you have any questions, please contact Oliver Davis.
One Passion. Many Opportunities.
The company
Liebherr-Australia Pty Ltd is part of the Liebherr Group, which employs nearly 50,000 people, in more than 140 companies and 50 countries on every continent. Liebherr's decades of experience, knowledge, and dedication to the highest quality and most reliable technologies makes Liebherr a respected leader and a trustworthy partner to industry. Liebherr-Australia is responsible for selling and servicing earthmoving machines, mining machines, mobile cranes, tower cranes, maritime cranes as well as deep foundation machines throughout Australia and New Zealand. Though the company's 20 hectare Head Office Complex is based in Adelaide, Australia, the commitment to, and support of, New Zealand customers is unwavering.
Location
Liebherr-Australia Pty. Ltd.
555 Great Eastern Highway
6104 Perth
Australia (AU)
Contact
Oliver Davis
oliver.davis@liebherr.com
