Cost Controls Manager

Cost Controls Manager

We're seeking Cost Controls Managers to support large, heavy-civil infrastructure programsincluding highways, roads, bridges, transit (including rail and bus), and airport projects delivered through both traditional and alternative methods. These roles require close collaboration with project teams to monitor financial performance, maintain budget discipline, and drive cost efficiencyultimately supporting the on-time, on-budget delivery of complex infrastructure projects.

This posting is for future roles and not for a specific opportunity that is available right now. We accept applications and conduct interviews in advance of upcoming hiring needs. When a candidate is selected, their profile is activated in our talent pool for this specialty area. This posting targets the greater San Francisco Bay Area, CA.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated cost-management plansbudget 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.

Attributes

Minimum Qualifications

$500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects.

Preferred Qualifications

$500M), complex, heavy-civil highways, roads, bridges, transit (including rail and bus), and / or airport projects.

Compensation Details

The salary range listed for this role is $120k-$190k / year ($57-$91 / hour). The final salary offered will be based on multiple factors and thoughtfully aligned with each candidate's level of experience, breadth of skills, total education achieved, certifications / licenses that have been obtained, geographic location, etc.

Benefits We Offer

Specific plan details and coverage for each benefit noted above will be provided upon offer.