Strategic EPC Cost & Forecast Lead

Fermi America; Amarillo (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fermi America seeks an EPC Cost Manager to oversee all execution and contractor costs across EPC projects, reporting to the Director of Project Controls. The role owns project cost control, forecasting, and reporting within operations—consolidating costs, tracking commitments, actuals, accruals, and forecasts, and delivering timely cost information to leadership.

Responsibilities include budgets, ETC/EAC forecasts, change orders validation, and driving cost governance across the project

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field preferred (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of EPC or capital project cost control/management experience on the execution/operations side.
• Strong command of project cost controls — commitments, accruals, actuals, ETC/EAC, and cash flow forecasting.
• Experience managing contractor costs and enforcing contract cost requirements (invoice/PO/change-order validation).
• Proficiency with cost-management systems (Oracle Unifier or equivalent) and advanced Excel.
• Experience in power, oil & gas, data center, or large capital/industrial construction.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and consolidate all execution and contractor costs across the EPC project portfolio into a single operations view.
• Manage and control the cost of the Power Assets for Project Matador.
• Own the project cost control cycle — budgets, commitments, accruals, actuals, ETC/EAC forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Develop and maintain project cost forecasts and cash flow across the project life cycle.
• Track contractor, equipment, and major procurement costs and their impact on project budgets.
• Review, validate, and approve contractor invoices, purchase orders, commitments, and change orders against contract terms.
• Manage contractors to maintain contractual cost and reporting requirements and hold them accountable.
• Support the change process — quantifying and tracking cost impacts of trends, change orders, and claims.
• Coordinate with project controls scheduling to support earned value and integrated cost/schedule reporting.
• Produce cost reports, dashboards, and analysis for project and operations leadership.
• Produce accurate, complete, and timely cost information and data that enable senior leadership to make informed decisions on projects.
• Drive cost governance, process, and controls improvements within operations.

Skills

Cost control

Contract cost management

Cost forecasting

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or related field

Tools

Oracle Unifier

Excel

Job description

Fermi America seeks an EPC Cost Manager to oversee all execution and contractor costs across EPC projects, reporting to the Director of Project Controls. The role owns project cost control, forecasting, and reporting within operations—consolidating costs, tracking commitments, actuals, accruals, and forecasts, and delivering timely cost information to leadership.

Responsibilities include budgets, ETC/EAC forecasts, change orders validation, and driving cost governance across the project