Cost Controls Specialist

WSP; South Jordan (UT); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement savings

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Cost Controls Specialist to join their Project Controls team in South Jordan, UT or Reno, NV. You will maintain the project’s cost management system, process budget transfers, validate invoices, and prepare monthly cost reports.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree and 5–7 years of relevant experience. WSP offers comprehensive benefits aimed at health and financial stability.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of cost controls experience on large-scale mining or heavy civil projects.
• Experience tracking commitments, accruals, and forecasts using structured cost management systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Maintain project cost management system and track actuals against the control budget.
• Process budget transfers and ensure updates to the cost baseline.
• Validate invoices and maintain the contingency drawdown log.

Skills

Cost management systems

Microsoft Excel

Earned value management (EVM)

Invoice validation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or Finance

Tools

Oracle Primavera Unifier

Power BI

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking a Cost Controls Specialist to join their Project Controls team. This individual can sit in our WSP locations in either South Jordan UT or Reno NV.

Your Impact

• Maintain the project’s cost management system, tracking commitments, incurred costs, actuals, and accruals against the control budget.
• Process budget transfers and approved changes, ensuring timely and accurate updates to the cost baseline.
• Maintain the contingency drawdown log and support contingency management reporting.
• Validate invoices and vendor cost data against purchase orders and contracts prior to approval.
• Prepare monthly cost reports with variance analysis at the work package and project level.
• Develop and maintain cost forecasts in coordination with discipline leads and support estimate-at-completion (EAC) reviews.
• Ensure cost data is correctly coded and structured to integrate cleanly with the schedule and project reporting dashboards.
• Support timely month-end close processes, ensuring cost data accuracy and auditability.
• Collaborate with the scheduler and project leadership to align cost and schedule performance metrics under an earned value management (EVM) framework.

Who You Are

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or a related field or equivalent; AACE CCP/CEP or equivalent certification is a plus.
• 5–7 years of cost controls experience on large-scale mining, heavy civil, or EPCM projects.
• Demonstrated experience tracking commitments, accruals, and forecasts using structured cost management systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for cost modeling and variance analysis; experience with Power BI or equivalent reporting tools preferred.
• PMIS: Familiarity with platforms such as Oracle Primavera Unifier, Procore, e-Builder, or similar cost management systems.
• Strong understanding of invoice validation processes, purchase order management, and contract cost structures.
• Experience with earned value management (EVM) methodologies and integration of cost data with scheduling systems.
• Highly detail-oriented with a strong commitment to data accuracy and auditability.

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $110,000-120,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.