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About the Role

The Project Cost Controller is responsible for leading all cost engineering, estimating, and cost control activities across the project lifecycle to ensure transparent, predictable, and commercially sound delivery. The role ensures alignment between Estimation, Planning, Scheduling, Procurement, and Commercial functions—maintaining full cost–schedule integration, performance measurement, and early-warning visibility to support decision-making, profitability, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Monitor and control project costs, commitments, budgets, and forecasts
Prepare and maintain Estimate at Completion (EAC), Cost to Complete (CTC), cash flow, and cost trend analysis
Perform variance, productivity, and performance analysis and provide regular cost reporting
Support the integration of cost control with planning and scheduling, including progress measurement and EVM alignment
Assist with estimating, pricing reviews, vendor quotations, and benchmarking
Track and evaluate changes, claims, risks, and opportunities from a cost perspective
Ensure consistency of cost coding, CBS/WBS structures, and reporting methodologies
Support commercial discussions and stakeholder reporting with reliable cost data
Contribute to continuous improvement of cost control tools, processes, and forecasting accuracy

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Finance, or similar
Several years of experience in project cost control, cost engineering, or estimating within large industrial or infrastructure projects
Experience in Electrification, HVDC, Substations, Grid Integration, or Oil & Gas is an advantage
Strong knowledge of cost control principles, forecasting, and performance measurement
Good understanding of WBS/CBS structures and Earned Value Management (EVM)
Experience with SAP, Oracle, or similar ERP systems
Advanced skills in Excel
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Fluent in English
A proactive mindset and interest in continuous improvement

Skills

Cost control
Forecasting
Estimating support
Reporting
Performance tracking
Excel
Power BI

Location

International

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Experienced

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree

Benefits

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

About the Company

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com