Cost Manager at AECOM — Indio, CA

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee cost management and project controls activities for complex federal programs and capital projects.
• Partner with Program Managers to develop, implement, and manage program controls strategies, processes, and delivery objectives.
• Manage and coordinate cost management services including capital cost tracking, program services cost management, funding oversight, forecasting, and performance reporting.
• Lead and supervise project controls personnel and sub-task managers responsible for delivering program control services.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with federal clients, stakeholders, project teams, and funding agencies.
• Monitor program and project financial performance, ensuring alignment with approved budgets, forecasts, and contractual requirements.
• Develop and implement cost control procedures, reporting standards, and performance measurement methodologies.
• Evaluate project performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs), identifying risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide guidance and corrective action recommendations when project performance deviates from established objectives.
• Support change management and scope control processes, including evaluation of potential impacts to cost, schedule, and project execution.
• Review and analyze project controls data from project management information systems and other automated reporting tools.
• Lead root cause analyses and stage-gate reviews to assess project performance and implement corrective actions where necessary.
• Coordinate issue resolution activities and facilitate communication across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Support the integration of cost management, scheduling, resource planning, risk management, and performance reporting functions.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives through technology adoption, innovation, standardization of work processes, and enhancement of project controls tools.
• Provide leadership in the development and maintenance of program controls best practices and quality standards.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of cost management, project controls, or program controls experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 15+ years of cost management, project controls, or program controls experience supporting large-scale federal projects and programs.
• Experience serving as the lead cost manager or project controls lead on large, complex infrastructure, transportation, environmental, water, energy, or facilities programs.
• Advanced knowledge of earned value management (EVM), cost forecasting, budgeting, risk analysis, and performance measurement techniques.
• Expertise in project scheduling principles, critical path methodology, resource loading, and schedule analysis.
• Experience utilizing Project Management Information Systems (PMIS), cost management software, and enterprise reporting platforms.
• Professional certifications such as Certified Cost Professional (CCP), Project Management Professional (PMP), Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP), or similar credentials.
• Strong leadership, client management, communication, and team development skills with a demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary project controls teams.
• Sponsorship is not available for this position

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