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Project Cost Controller

Arcadis


Job Location:

Atlanta, GA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 88000 - 133000
Posted: 27 August 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 24 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Project Cost Controller to join its Major Projects team supporting large Design-Build transportation pursuits and projects. The role will support cost control activities from pursuit through closeout with a focus on baseline development cost performance earned value reporting forecasting and profitability on fast-paced capital projects.

In this role you will support the cost control function across a portfolio of major pursuits and active projects. Working closely with Project Managers and Commercial Managers you will help translate priced fee proposals into system-ready cost baselines establish clear work breakdown and maintain robust reporting models that provide timely insight into cost performance earned value forecasting change management and margin protection. This position reports to the Major Projects Commercial Director.

Role accountabilities:

  • Proposal and fee-stage support:Support fee proposals across a portfolio of pursuits converting priced fee files and staffing plans into consistent system-ready work breakdown and cost breakdown structures and validating estimate roll-ups by role discipline and work package.
  • Baseline development in Oracle:Develop and execute baseline WBS and cost structures within Oracle in a streamlined repeatable way establishing clean cost baselines and the mapping between the P6 schedule the WBS and the Oracle cost structure so project managers have decision-ready information at award.
  • Cost control and data integrity:Own data integrity within Oracle including timesheet coding commitments accruals and cost postings and drive standardization of setup so the process is efficient auditable and consistent across the portfolio.
  • Earned value and reporting:Create and maintain earned value and cost reporting models that reconcile to Oracle actuals and the P6 schedule producing the metrics and dashboards needed to manage fast-paced fixed-price contracts and enable timely stakeholder decision-making.
  • Forecasting change and risk:Maintain rolling cost forecasts and EAC/ETC projections track trends and contingency and quantify the cost impact of change orders and relief/compensation events to support the commercial team.
  • Commercial and profitability support:Support monthly cost cycles invoicing work-in-progress and cash-flow reporting providing clear insight into margin contingency drawdown and profitability across active projects.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering Construction Management Finance Accounting or a related field.
  • 5 or more years of cost control or project controls experience in the field of design-build projects.

Key Skills/Attributes

  • Ability to manage time to support multiple projects and maintain accurate reporting standards
  • Demonstrated experience on fixed-price / lump-sum contracts including EAC/ETC forecasting and variance analysis.
  • Hands-on experience developing baseline WBS and cost structures within Oracle (ERP equivalent) including setup forecasting and reporting.
  • Advanced Excel skills with the ability to build and maintain reporting models
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly explain cost earned value and performance information to project teams and leadership.
  • Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and data integrity.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience supporting large-scale capital projects preferably in the transportation sector.
  • Power BI (or similar) dashboarding and data-modeling experience.
  • Working knowledge of P6 schedules
  • Professional license or accreditation in the field of cost engineering or project controls (e.g. AACE CCP/EVP/PSP).

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $88000 - $133000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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About Company

Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-cent ... View more

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