Project Controls Cost Lead

Ellaway Blues Consulting; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ellaway Blues Consulting is seeking a Project Controls Cost Lead to support a portfolio of capital projects within industrial and manufacturing sectors. You will develop project-controls processes and provide financial oversight across projects.

The ideal candidate has experience with cost forecasting, budgeting, and reporting, partnering with project leadership to ensure accurate cost forecasts and robust financial monitoring.

Qualifications

• Experience with cost forecasting, budgeting and financial reporting on capital projects.
• Ability to develop dashboards and standardized reports for project controls.

Responsibilities

• Manage cost planning, forecasting, tracking, and reporting for capital projects.
• Partner with project leadership to establish budgets and maintain accurate cost forecasts.
• Develop standardized tools, dashboards, and reports to monitor project financial performance.
• Track commitments, expenditures, accruals, and anticipated cash flow.
• Review project costs and identify variances, risks, and emerging trends.
• Support funding requests and monitor purchasing activity against approved project budgets.
• Coordinate project financial information across internal teams and stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate project data and support consistent cost-control processes.
• Assist with project closeout, reconciliation, and financial reporting activities.
• Recommend process improvements that strengthen cost visibility and reporting accuracy.
• Provide additional project-controls support as needed.

Skills

Cost forecasting

Budgeting

Reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

We are currently looking to hire a Project Controls Cost Lead for our client, a growing organization supporting complex industrial and manufacturing projects.

This person will help develop project-controls processes and provide financial oversight for a portfolio of capital projects. The ideal candidate has experience with cost forecasting, reporting, budgeting, and cross-functional project support in an industrial environment.

Position Responsibilities

• Manage cost planning, forecasting, tracking, and reporting for capital projects.
• Partner with project leadership to establish budgets and maintain accurate cost forecasts.
• Develop standardized tools, dashboards, and reports to monitor project financial performance.
• Track commitments, expenditures, accruals, and anticipated cash flow.
• Review project costs and identify variances, risks, and emerging trends.
• Support funding requests and monitor purchasing activity against approved project budgets.
• Coordinate project financial information across internal teams and stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate project data and support consistent cost-control processes.
• Assist with project closeout, reconciliation, and financial reporting activities.
• Recommend process improvements that strengthen cost visibility and reporting accuracy.
• Provide additional project-controls support as needed.