Cost Controls Manager

Requirements

• Develop and maintain integrated cost-management plans—budget baselines, work-package structures, coding standards, and change-control workflows.
• Produce rolling forecasts, cash-flow curves, and earned-value metrics; highlight variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinate with project controls, scheduling, estimating, and legal teams to quantify impacts, ensure alignment among cost, schedule, and risk registers, and recommend commercial risk mitigation actions.
• Lead monthly cost reviews with owner leadership, prepping dashboards, trend analyses, and scenario models.
• Validate contractor cost reports, payment applications, and contingency drawdowns against contract requirements and progress data.
• Support funding agency reporting (e.g., FTA, FRA, FAA, etc.) and external audits; ensure audit trails meet federal and state compliance standards.
• Champion continuous improvement by standardizing templates, automating data pipelines, and mentoring project staff in cost-control best practices.
• Contribute to claims defense and forensic analyses by supplying time-phased cost data and change order histories.

Benefits

• Unlimited flexible time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent or elder care)
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
• 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
• Formal career planning and development program
• $2,500 annually toward professional development
• Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend
• Company cell phone or cell phone plan reimbursement
• Free personalized meal planning and nutrition support with a registered dietitian
• Free personal financial planning services
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Employee referral bonus