Senior Cost Controls Lead - Programs & Analytics

Jacobs; Latham (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

Deferred compensation plan

PPTO (Personal Paid Time Off)

Seven paid holidays

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Cost Controls Professional to support our Electronics group, primarily reporting to the Pittsburgh, PA area with consideration for East Coast candidates. You will lead cost controls across programs, interface with cross-functional teams, and provide detailed cost analyses and reporting to clients and management.

You will coordinate with Engineering, Construction, Procurement, IT, Finance and Legal to ensure cost efficiency, manage controls plans, and drive mitigation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business or related field.
• At least 10 years of related cost controls experience.
• Experience coordinating and executing project issues.
• Experience in cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, change management and cost analysis.
• Experience in project controls, with emphasis on cost and financial issues.
• Ideally: program related experience.
• Skills with Excel Macro level, Databases (MSAccess), Power BI and dashboard development.
• Experience with Primavera 6 resources loading.

Responsibilities

• Perform the controls for the Program and all associated projects and manage the overall program cost controls and reporting function
• Interface with other project team members, including Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Office planning, IT, Accounting, Economics and Finance, Tax, Contracts and Legal, to facilitate compliance with execution strategy and objectives with cost efficiency
• Provide status reports and related project reporting analyses to company and client management
• Identify problems and coordinate with the project team to correct and ensure work is being coordinated between the other departments and offices to meet project cost requirements
• Prepare various project cost controls plans and reports, financial summaries, and related activities for project management on assigned projects
• Manage work processes, and procedures for cost management
• Evaluate projects at each stage of development to ensure cost and financial activities of the project team inclusive of ensuring client/contractual obligations have been met
• Review contract drafts and related terms & conditions to ensure they meet project cost controls requirements and coordinate

Skills

Excel macros

Power BI

Dashboard development

Cost engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Access

Primavera P6

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Cost Controls Professional to support our Electronics group, primarily reporting to the Pittsburgh, PA area with consideration for East Coast candidates. You will lead cost controls across programs, interface with cross-functional teams, and provide detailed cost analyses and reporting to clients and management.

You will coordinate with Engineering, Construction, Procurement, IT, Finance and Legal to ensure cost efficiency, manage controls plans, and drive mitigation