Required Skills & Experience
We are seeking an experienced Cost Manager to oversee cost controls, forecasting, billing, and financial reporting across a large, complex construction program. This role will work closely with field, project management, and leadership teams to ensure accurate visibility into project costs, commitments, progress, forecasts, and financial risks.
Key Responsibilities
Manage project budgets, commitments, actual costs, forecasts, billing, contingency, and Estimate at Completion (EAC). Maintain accurate cost data within CMiC, including established WBS and cost-code structures. Perform variance analysis, cost-to-complete forecasting, and financial reconciliation. Track owner changes and incorporate financial impacts into forecasts and reporting. Connect field production and installed quantities to actual costs, billing, and forecasted outcomes. Identify discrepancies between work completed, costs incurred, billing, and projected final costs. Prepare cost-control reports for project leadership and senior management. Partner with project managers, field teams, and QS personnel to identify cost risks and opportunities.
Qualifications
Experience in construction cost management, project controls, commercial management, or Quantity Surveying. Strong CMiC experience, particularly with cost management, forecasting, commitments, and billing. Experience working with complex WBS and cost-code structures. Strong knowledge of construction forecasting, billing, production tracking, and financial reporting. Advanced Excel skills; Power BI or similar reporting experience preferred. Experience supporting large, complex construction programs with multiple simultaneous projects preferred. Ideal Background
Cost Manager | Project Controls Manager | Quantity Surveyor | Commercial Manager | Cost Engineer
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Cost Manager to oversee cost controls, forecasting, billing, and financial reporting across a large, complex construction program. This role will work closely with field, project management, and leadership teams to ensure accurate visibility into project costs, commitments, progress, forecasts, and financial risks.
Key Responsibilities
Manage project budgets, commitments, actual costs, forecasts, billing, contingency, and Estimate at Completion (EAC). Maintain accurate cost data within CMiC, including established WBS and cost-code structures. Perform variance analysis, cost-to-complete forecasting, and financial reconciliation. Track owner changes and incorporate financial impacts into forecasts and reporting. Connect field production and installed quantities to actual costs, billing, and forecasted outcomes. Identify discrepancies between work completed, costs incurred, billing, and projected final costs. Prepare cost-control reports for project leadership and senior management. Partner with project managers, field teams, and QS personnel to identify cost risks and opportunities.
Qualifications
Experience in construction cost management, project controls, commercial management, or Quantity Surveying. Strong CMiC experience, particularly with cost management, forecasting, commitments, and billing. Experience working with complex WBS and cost-code structures. Strong knowledge of construction forecasting, billing, production tracking, and financial reporting. Advanced Excel skills; Power BI or similar reporting experience preferred. Experience supporting large, complex construction programs with multiple simultaneous projects preferred. Ideal Background
Cost Manager | Project Controls Manager | Quantity Surveyor | Commercial Manager | Cost Engineer
