Remote Cost Controls Specialist - Power & Energy Projects

Socket.dev; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Cost Controls Specialist to join the Project Controls team, supporting Power & Energy programs including transmission lines and substations. The role emphasizes forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis, and project cost reporting with collaboration across project managers, finance, schedulers, contractors and clients.

The successful candidate will work mostly remotely with some onsite meetings, leveraging EcoSys, Procore, Oracle, or e-Builder to manage budgets and cost

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in cost/project controls.
• 7–10 years in cost controls on capital projects, preferably Power & Energy.
• Experience forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis, cost reporting, cash flow tracking, and change control.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and monitor project cost control processes for Power & Energy projects.
• Prepare and maintain project budgets, forecasts, cash flows, cost reports, accruals, commitments, and financial projections.
• Track actual costs, commitments, contingency, change orders, invoices, and cost coding.
• Perform cost variance analysis, trend analysis, and earned value management support.
• Use PMIS platforms to manage budgets, forecasts, commitments, change orders, invoices, and cost reports.
• Produce regular cost reports, budget variance summaries, forecast updates, and executive dashboards.
• Support change management, contractor progress tracking, invoice review, contingency management, and close-out reporting.

Skills

Forecasting

Budget tracking

Variance analysis

Earned value management

Cost reporting

Communication

Coordination

Education

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

Tools

EcoSys

Procore

Oracle

e-Builder

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

WSP is seeking a Cost Controls Specialist to join the Project Controls team, supporting Power & Energy programs including transmission lines and substations. The role emphasizes forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis, and project cost reporting with collaboration across project managers, finance, schedulers, contractors and clients.

The successful candidate will work mostly remotely with some onsite meetings, leveraging EcoSys, Procore, Oracle, or e-Builder to manage budgets and cost