Cost Controls Manager - Lifescience Construction in Norwood, Massachusetts at Cumming

Position Title: Cost Controls Manager - Lifescience Construction

Location: Norwood, MA

Req Id: JR103984

Time Type: Full time

Description:

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 15 rankings in ENR. With over 70 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

We are currently looking for an experienced Cost Controls Manager based at the project site in Norwood, MA. The Cost Controls Manager position is responsible on the management of change orders for a large life science construction project. This is an outstanding opportunity to bring your specialized expertise to an industry leading team.

Position Summary

The Capital Cost Controls Manager owns cost management, forecasting, reporting, and financial controls for assigned capital projects in a biotechnology or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. This role partners with Project Managers, Engineering, Finance, Procurement, Construction Management, and contractors to track project costs, commitments, forecasts, risks, and financial performance.

The ideal candidate has 2–5 years of experience in project controls, cost engineering, capital project finance, or a related field. The role supports projects from planning and budgeting through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, qualification, and closeout.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cost-control activities for assigned capital projects.
• Maintain project budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, forecasts, cash flow, and estimate-at-completion (EAC).
• Prepare monthly cost reports, dashboards, forecasts, and variance analyses.
• Reconcile project controls data with purchase orders, invoices, and financial systems.
• Identify cost trends, risks, potential overruns, and uncommitted scope.
• Maintain change-control, cost-trend, contingency, and management reserve logs.
• Evaluate the financial impact of scope changes, engineering changes, and contractor change orders.
• Review contractor cost reports, forecasts, progress submissions, and supporting documentation.
• Support capital authorization requests, budget transfers, project stage-gate reviews, and closeout activities.
• Ensure project cost information is accurate, traceable, and audit-ready.
• Partner with Finance, Procurement, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation teams.
• Communicate cost drivers, forecast changes, and financial risks to project leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve and automate cost-control processes and reporting.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Accounting, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in project controls, cost engineering, capital project finance, construction cost management, or capital project management.
• Experience supporting capital projects in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, chemical, or another technical environment preferred.
• Knowledge of budgeting, commitments, actuals, forecasting, EAC, cash flow, accruals, variance analysis, change control, and contingency management.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and data-analysis skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently manage cost-control responsibilities across one or more projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting GMP pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturing projects.
• Familiarity with SAP, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar systems.
• Experience with EPC/EPCM contractors and external project partners.
• Knowledge of cost estimating, schedule integration, earned value, and project risk management.
• Experience developing dashboards or automated project reports.

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Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.

All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.

The salary range for this full-time role is $91,000.00-$145,466.69 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, client and industry experience and level, and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range reflects base salary only, and not the total compensation package. Cumming Group reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, including client requirements.

In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program

About_Us:

At Cumming Group, we are passionate about helping our clients execute large-scale, complex projects on-time and within budget. Our project and cost-management services are specifically tailored to each client’s needs and add meaningful value at every step of a project’s development.

Drawing on deep expertise in the communities and sectors we serve, we anticipate and solve problems, deliver solutions, and drive results. Since opening our doors in 1996, Cumming Group has grown to 50+ offices globally, and is now home to more than 3,000+ team members – including many of the brightest minds in the industry.

Learn more about what a great organization we are here.

Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.

All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.