Job Title
Project Controls Cost Lead, Project & Development Services
Job Description Summary
This Lead-level role acts as the project controls lead for large, complex, or high-risk capital projects and programs. The individual is responsible for coordinating all cost management activities, serving as the primary point of contact for project-level controls delivery, and partnering directly with clients, project leadership, and key stakeholders. The role provides leadership across cost management workstreams, ensuring consistent application of project controls standards while delivering strategic insights related to cost performance, forecasting, risk, and project outcomes.
The Lead Cost Manager will drive the development and implementation of integrated cost management strategies from project initiation through closeout, coordinate inputs across project controls teams, and support delivery excellence across complex client engagements. This role represents a key transition point toward management responsibilities, providing oversight, mentoring, and leadership to project controls team members.
Job Description
EssentialJob Duties- Actas the project controls lead for large-scale, complex, or high-risk capital projects, serving as the primary point of contact for project-level cost management delivery.
- Establishand lead cost management programs, tools, technologies, processes, and procedures to support large capital projects and portfolios.
- Coordinateand integrate contractor, consultant, engineering, and third-party cost inputs into a comprehensive and integrated project cost plan.
- Leadcost management workstreams across multiple project phases, ensuring consistency with project controls standards and client requirements.
- Interfacedirectly with client stakeholders, project managers, construction managers, and project teams to provide strategic cost guidance and recommendations.
- Identify,analyze, and communicate project cost risks, opportunities, and mitigation strategies to senior project leadership and clients.
- Leaddetailed cost trend, variance, and performance analysis, providing actionable insights to support project decision-making.
- Driveproject accrual, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow processes including monthly, bi-weekly, and weekly reporting requirements.
- Supportand facilitate project risk management processes, including quantitative risk assessments and cost contingency analysis where required.
- Develop,implement, and lead earned value management practices on complex capital programs.
- Supportdevelopment and continuous improvement of project controls plans, project execution plans, and governance frameworks.
- Coordinateinputs from project controls analysts, schedulers, and other project team members to ensure timely and accurate reporting deliverables.
- Reviewand approve invoices from subcontractors, vendors, consultants, and third-party service providers.
- Supportprocurement activities including development of RFPs, RFQs, bid evaluations, contractor selection, and commercial negotiations.
- Leadthe development, validation, and maintenance of project estimates throughout the project lifecycle.
- Drivevalue engineering initiatives and cost optimization efforts to maximize project outcomes while maintaining project objectives.
- Supportthe development, implementation, and continuous improvement of cost management procedures, standards, and best practices for both Cushman & Wakefield and clients.
- Provideguidance, mentoring, and technical leadership to junior project controls professionals and support delivery oversight in partnership with Project Controls Managers and senior leadership.
- Ensureall cost reporting, forecasting, and project controls deliverables are completed accurately, consistently, and in accordance with established standards.
Education/ Experience / Training- Bachelor'sdegree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field.
- Eight(8) or more years of related experience working as a cost management expert on capital projects, including design, construction, and testing/commissioning phases.
- Demonstratedexperience leading cost management or project controls workstreams on large, complex, or high-risk projects.
- Directexperience working within complex, matrixed project environments and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Expertiseusing cost management, project controls, and reporting software, including advanced Excel capabilities.
- Experiencewithin one or more of the following industries required: construction, life sciences, data centers, industrial, manufacturing, or other related technical sectors.
- Demonstratedexperience interacting directly with clients and senior project stakeholders.
- Provenability to identify, communicate, and mitigate project cost and schedule risks.
- Mustpossess exemplary written and verbal communication skills.
Competencies- Leadership
- CostManagement
- ProjectControls
- RiskManagement
- StakeholderManagement
- ProblemSolving
- Communication
- StrategicThinking
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $ 110,500.00 - $130,000.00
