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Our team is looking to add a Senior Cost Controls professional to its team responsible for award winning projects. If you’re looking for a challenge, consider joining our Indianapolis, Indiana team where you will be a major contributor to the growth of exciting projects.

Performing client management / interfacing / updates / presentations at all levels of management, Project Cost Controls partners with Project Managers to ensure complete awareness of project cost, risks and provide alternative strategies for mitigation / opportunities. Jacobs Engineering Group utilizes advanced Enterprise System platforms and data analysis solutions to support service excellence.

You’ll have the opportunity to make a huge impact. Specifically, you’ll perform cost controls to include, managing the overall program cost controls and reporting function, interfacing 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.

In addition to support projects and programs for both internal and external clients, you’ll have the opportunity to support business level finances, taking a lead role on business planning, forecasting, revenue recognition, supporting proposals for new work, tracking and evaluating key financial indicators regarding revenue, margin, and the like.

We’ll look to you to 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.

Other key deliverables will include preparing various project cost controls plans and reports, financial summaries, and related activities for project management on assigned projects, managing work processes, and procedures for cost management, evaluating 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 and reviewing contract drafts and related terms & conditions to ensure they meet project cost controls requirements and coordinate

Design your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed.  

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, construction management, business or related field

• 10+ years of related cost controls experience

• Experience working on various projects to include coordinating and executing project issues. Specific experience in cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, change management and cost analysis

• Experience in project controls, commercial operations, with emphasis on project controls and financial issues

Ideally, You’ll Also Have: 

• Program related experience.

• MS in an Engineering or Construction Sciences Discipline

• Experience / Leadership in business or company level financial management

• Skills with Excel Macro level, Databases(MSAccess), Power BI and dashboard development, desirable.

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