Senior Cost Controls Lead – Major Infrastructure

Luster National, Inc.

Los Angeles (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 200,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited flexible time off

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts (healthcare

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Life insurance and accidental death

Job summary

Luster provides opportunities for seasoned Cost Controls Managers to oversee budgets and cost forecasts on major heavy civil programs across transportation and water projects. As a Cost Controls Manager, you will develop baselines, monitor earned value, review invoices, and lead a team of cost control analysts to support funding and delivery decisions.

Applicants should bring 10+ years of experience and a track record in large-scale projects, with proficiency in Oracle Unifier, e-Builder, and

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, accounting, or finance, or equivalent.
10+ years of cost control experience for large (> $500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
Experience developing and maintaining program budgets, cost baselines, work breakdown structures, and cost coding on active construction programs.
Experience producing cost forecasts, estimates at completion, cash flow projections, and earned value and variance analysis.
Experience reviewing contractor payment applications, cost reports, and change order pricing against contract terms and verified progress.
Experience leading, supervising, or coordinating cost control staff, including review of their work products and consistency of method between them.
Experience with industry standard program cost management and cost modeling software (e.g., Oracle Unifier, e-Builder, Kahua, Microsoft Excel, etc.).
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the cost baseline for an assigned program, including budget structure, work breakdown and cost coding, and the change control workflow that keeps the baseline current.
Produce monthly cost forecasts, estimates at completion, and cash flow projections, and explain the variance against the approved budget in terms the program can act on.
Review payment applications, cost reports, and invoices against contract terms, verified progress, and the approved schedule of values, then recommend approval or adjustment.
Evaluate change order and claim pricing for cost reasonableness, and track the cost exposure of pending changes so the program sees the number before it is committed.
Monitor contingency and management reserve, track drawdown against the programs remaining risk, and recommend when contingency is released, held, or replenished.
Analyze earned value and cost performance data across contracts, and flag adverse trends early enough that corrective action is still available.
May lead monthly cost reviews with program leadership, including cost reports, trend analysis, and scenario models that support funding and delivery decisions.
Coordinate with finance and accounting groups and with the scheduling, estimating, risk, and contract administration teams so budget, commitment, and expenditure data reconcile across systems.
Prepare cost reporting and audit documentation for local, regional, state, and federal funding agencies, and maintain the audit trail behind every reported number.
May lead and develop cost control analysts and specialists, including review of their work products and consistency of method from one contract to the next.
Coordinate with construction management and discipline leads on the cost drivers behind each contracts forecast.