Project Cost Manager
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Project Cost Manager managing budgets, forecasts, cost controls, and financial risk for Integra’s turnkey data center infrastructure projects. Partnering with construction and project teams remotely.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Construction Managers and Project Management teams on project costs, financial exposure, and risks
- Monitor and communicate budgets, expenditures, forecasts, scope changes, and financial performance
- Identify cost risks and opportunities and recommend proactive financial actions
- Maintain cost controls across labor, expenses, subcontractors, and other expenditures
- Review and validate general contractor cost reports
- Reconcile actual costs against GMP, Schedules of Values, approved budgets, and commitments
- Support contract administration, including retention, terms, insurance, allowances, contingency, and incentives
- Track change orders, invoices, payments, lien releases, and supporting documentation
- Participate in change-control, cost-review, and project-financial meetings
- Support monthly pay application preparation and administration
- Develop internal project cost reporting packages
- Prepare progress and cost reports for stakeholders and leadership
- Assist with quarterly and fiscal year-end analysis, forecasting, accruals, and project-status confirmation
- Track cost impacts, approvals, commitments, and forecast adjustments
- Monitor performance against budget and forecast and escalate material variances or risks
- Maintain complete, current, and audit-ready financial documentation
- Support Construction with cost analysis, reporting, forecasting, and financial planning
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field preferred
- Minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience in project cost management, project controls, construction finance, or a related discipline
- Experience with forecasting, cost reporting, change management, accruals, and earned value
- Strong understanding of construction cost control principles and project financial management
- Experience reviewing project budgets, cost reports, commitments, invoices, change orders, and forecasts
- Understanding of GMP structures and Schedules of Values preferred
- Experience supporting contract administration and change-control processes
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial reporting skills
- Ability to identify cost trends, variances, and risks and communicate findings clearly
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple deadlines
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Experience with Microsoft Project or similar project-management/project-controls tools preferred
- Construction, real estate development, mission-critical, or data center experience preferred
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment
- Willingness to travel up to 30% based on business and project needs
Benefits:
- Competitive pay with incentive opportunities that recognize your results and contributions
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life and disability insurance programs
- Voluntary benefits options
- Generous paid time off
- Education assistance and tuition support
- Retirement and savings programs
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