Senior Project Cost Controls Manager, PV West

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.

Job Description Summary:

The Senior Project Cost Controls Manager works under the guidance of our Project Controls Director and in partnership with our Operations Team and Financial Planning and Analysis Department to establish and manage processes that will monitor, report and control project costs across the enterprise. Oversees Project Controls Portfolio to provide data-driven Analysis used to advise Project Health and develop strategies for operational improvements and future business initiatives.
This role can be fully remote with preference to the Western Region, or hybrid with regular in office presence in San Diego, CA or Edison, NJ. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Job Description:

​*This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned 

Position Responsibilities and Duties: 

• The Senior Project Cost Controls Manager reports directly into the Senior Director of Project Controls and works cross-functionally with Accounting, FP&A, Operations Project Management Office (PMO) and Operations team on portfolio cost-control, forecasting and cost reporting, as well as measuring and reporting project earned value analysis. 

• Utilize project management software and financial tools to analyze project costs, budgets, productivity, and forecasts. 

• Oversee the budget mapping process, ensuring fiscal responsibility and accuracy across a portfolio of projects. 

• Develop and maintain cost tracking and reporting systems to ensure accurate financial reporting. 

• Assist in the development, documentation, and maintenance of internal controls over financial reporting to ensure compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act. 

• Responsible for coordinating, facilitating, and participating in monthly forecast meetings, and delivering Monthly Reporting package. 

• Collaborate with project managers and other stakeholders to gather cost data and provide insights into cost trends. 

• Identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements through data analysis. 

• Assist in the development of project budgets and forecasts. 

• Support project teams in understanding and interpreting cost data to make informed decisions. 

• Build data models to assist pre-construction, and estimating teams leading to improved budgets, and estimates. 

• Implement an earned value management system to improve project cost management and Identify business risks early. 

• Contribute to lessons learned sessions and root cause analysis for improvement, mitigate risk and enhance project cost management processes fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the organization.  

• Improve and maintain our EPC project analytics system. 

• Utilize statistical and project controls analysis methods to continually improve and optimize project analysis processes. 

• Set up meetings with Operations Teams to innovate and improve processes related to project cost analysis. 

• Provide data analytics support to all business units, leveraging advanced data visualization tools to uncover insight and optimize decision making processes across the organization.  

• Develop a system with data quality measures to generate reporting for accounting purposes, enabling the identification of incorrect coding for journal corrections. 

• Actively engage in field improvements by going out to the field to understand struggles, work on solutions, build trust, and be seen as a resource for project teams. Contribute to forward thinking project selection and innovation discussions. 

• Implement predictive analytics models to forecast future project cost based on historical data and key project parameters enabling proactive cost management strategies.  

• Conduct detailed analysis, providing insights on spend trajectory and identifying areas for optimization. 

• Help identify key risks where projects could fail, and ways to stress-test them as quickly as possible. 

• Grow analytics expertise around you, upskilling your team, analysts, and others, to increase overall team impact. 

• Train and supervise analysts to ensure efficient and effective project cost analysis. 

Minium Skills or Experience Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 10+ years of directly comparable experience in construction cost management preferred. 

• Strong technical proficiencies with project management principles including change management, commitments, budgeting, monthly forecasting, and management software including CMiC. 

• Experience partnering with internal stakeholders to identify objectives and work cohesively together to complete identified objectives. 

• Strong communication skills, including virtual conferencing. 

• Experienced in Microsoft Excel. 

• Data driven and analytical mindset. 

• Strong data management skills and creativity in business problem solving. 

• Detail-oriented, motivated self-starter. 

• Ability to travel as needed to successfully fulfill responsibilities and duties. 

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future.

SOLV Energy Is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At SOLV Energy we celebrate the power of our differences. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces that improve our communities. SOLV Energy prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind against an employee or applicant based on race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, or ethnicity, mental or physical disability, veteran status, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits: 

Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan and are provided vacation, sick and holiday pay.   

Compensation Range:

$147,752.00 - $196,510.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

SOLV Energy does not accept unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. We require all third-party recruiters to communicate exclusively with our internal talent acquisition team. SOLV Energy will not pay a placement fee to any third-party recruiter or agency that has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of our internal talent acquisition team.

In addition, candidate introductions or resumes can only be submitted to our internal talent acquisition recruiting team if a signed vendor agreement is already on file and the third-party recruiter or agency has received formal instructions from our internal talent acquisition team to submit candidates for a particular job posting.

Any unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes sent by third-party recruiters to SOLV Energy or directly to any of our employees, or received through our website or career portal, will be considered property of SOLV Energy and will not be eligible for a placement fee. In the event a third-party recruiter submits a resume or refers a candidate without a previously signed vendor agreement, SOLV Energy explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire the candidate(s) without financial liability to such third-party recruiter.

Job Number: J13097

If you’re interested in a meaningful career with a brighter future, join the SOLV Energy Team.