Cost Controls Manager

Luster National
Dallas, TX
Category Engineering
Job Description
We’re seeking Cost Controls Managers to support large, heavy-civil infrastructure programs. The role requires close collaboration with project teams to monitor financial performance, maintain budget discipline, and drive cost efficiency.

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
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