Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. They are seeking an experienced Construction Cost Controls Manager to support major data center and mission critical capital programs, providing hands-on construction cost controls support across various data center projects.
Responsibilities
- Manage construction cost controls for data center fit-out, retrofit, modernization, connectivity, and new build programs
- Support budget setup, cost tracking, forecasting, cash flow, work-in-place, accruals, and estimate-at-completion reporting
- Review contractor and vendor invoices, payment applications, backup documentation, and cost submissions
- Analyze and process change orders, including unit rates, labor rates, markups, commercial backup, and forecast impacts
- Maintain alignment between budgets, commitments, purchase orders, actuals, pending changes, and forecasted final costs
- Support risk register updates, cost risk tracking, mitigation actions, and escalation of emerging issues
- Perform data QA/QC across project controls, financial, procurement, and reporting systems
- Prepare monthly cost reports, variance commentary, executive summaries, and ad-hoc cost analyses
- Coordinate with construction, project controls, finance, procurement, scheduling, estimating, and delivery teams
- Support contract, purchase order, compliance documentation, and financial closeout activities
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Finance, Business, or related field
- 7+ years of experience in construction cost controls, project controls, cost management, commercial management, or related capital project delivery roles
- Experience supporting large-scale construction, data center, mission critical, industrial, technology, infrastructure, or complex capital programs
- Strong knowledge of construction cost control, forecasting, change management, invoice review, accruals, purchase orders, variance analysis, and financial reporting
- Experience reviewing contractor change orders, invoices, cost reports, forecasts, cash flows, and supporting documentation
- Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, systems, workflows, and reporting deadlines
- Strong Excel, analytical, and written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
- Prior data center, hyperscale, mission critical, technology, or advanced manufacturing experience
- Experience with leased data center facilities, tenant fit-outs, retrofits, technology modernization, connectivity scope, or new build data center construction
- Familiarity with platforms such as Unifier, eBuilder, Procore, procurement systems, Tableau, Power BI, Primavera P6, Oracle, SAP, or similar PMIS / ERP / reporting systems
- Experience with compliance documentation, audit readiness, financial controls, and governance-driven reporting
- Professional certifications such as CCP, CEP, PSP, PMP, MRICS, CCM, or AACE credentials are a plus
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision
- EAP
- 401K
- STD, LTD
- AD&D
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Reward & recognition program
- Optional benefits including wellbeing benefits
- Adoption assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Nine paid holidays
- 15 days PTO that accrue per year
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