Power & Energy Cost Controls Lead

WSP USA; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA seeks a Cost Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls team supporting Power & Energy capital projects, including transmission lines and substations. You will forecast, track budgets, analyze variances, and deliver cost reporting to project leadership.

Based in Dallas, TX (or Tulsa, OK; Corpus Christi, TX; Nashville, TN), you will collaborate with project managers, finance, schedulers, contractors, and clients to maintain accurate cost status and proactive risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field preferred.
• Equivalent cost controls or project controls experience will also be considered.
• 7+ years of experience in cost controls, project controls, finance, or related functions on capital projects.
• Hands-on forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis, cost reporting, cash flow tracking, commitments, accruals, and change control.
• Experience with cost management, ERP, and PMIS tools such as EcoSys, Procore, Oracle, e-Builder, Autodesk Construction Cloud, or similar platforms.
• Working knowledge of earned value management (EVM), cost forecasting, budget baselines, cost coding structures, trend analysis, and project financial controls.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and monitor project cost control processes for transmission line, substation, and related Power & Energy projects.
• Prepare and maintain project budgets, forecasts, cash flows, cost reports, accruals, commitments, and financial projections to support accurate project performance tracking.
• Track actual costs, commitments, contingency, change orders, invoices, and cost coding to support timely and reliable project cost management.
• Perform cost variance analysis, trend analysis, and earned value management support, identifying cost risks and recommending corrective actions to project leadership.
• Use cost management and PMIS platforms such as EcoSys, Procore, Oracle, e-Builder, or similar systems to manage budgets, forecasts, commitments, change orders, invoices, and cost reports.
• Produce regular cost reports, budget variance summaries, forecast updates, and executive-level financial dashboards that clearly communicate project cost status, risks, and required decisions.
• Support change management, contractor progress tracking, invoice review, contingency management, and project close-out reporting from a cost controls perspective.

Skills

Forecasting

Budget tracking

Variance analysis

Cost reporting

Earned value management

Analytical

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Tools

EcoSys

Procore

Oracle

e-Builder

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

WSP USA seeks a Cost Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls team supporting Power & Energy capital projects, including transmission lines and substations. You will forecast, track budgets, analyze variances, and deliver cost reporting to project leadership.

Based in Dallas, TX (or Tulsa, OK; Corpus Christi, TX; Nashville, TN), you will collaborate with project managers, finance, schedulers, contractors, and clients to maintain accurate cost status and proactive risk mitigation.