Remote Cost Controls Specialist – Power & Energy

WSP in the U.S.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a Cost Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls team supporting Power & Energy programs, including transmission line and substation capital projects. The role emphasizes forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis, and project cost reporting in a collaborative environment with project managers, finance, schedulers, contractors, and clients.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years in cost controls on capital projects, strong experience with EVM and PMIS tools, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent cost controls experience.

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

Cost controls

Coordination

Education

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

Equivalent cost controls experience

Tools

EcoSys

Procore

Oracle

e-Builder

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

WSP USA is seeking a Cost Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls team supporting Power & Energy programs, including transmission line and substation capital projects. The role emphasizes forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis, and project cost reporting in a collaborative environment with project managers, finance, schedulers, contractors, and clients.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years in cost controls on capital projects, strong experience with EVM and PMIS tools, and