Project Controls Specialist (cost focus)

Overview

We are seeking a Project Controls Specialist with strong expertise in cost management, forecasting, and cash flow control to join our dynamic and collaborative project delivery team. In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring our projects remain financially healthy, commercially sound, and aligned with client expectations.

You will work alongside experienced project and cost management professionals, contributing to major programmes across innovative and fast‑growing sectors. This is an opportunity to expand your capabilities, take ownership, and influence how we deliver world‑class cost governance for our clients

The Opportunity

In this role you will: 

• Lead cost control activities including project cost tracking, budget development, cost reconciliation, and variance analysis.
• Manage project cash flow, ensuring accurate forecasting, timely reporting, and early identification of potential risks or deviations.
• Evaluate and continuously improve cost‑related data management processes, tools, and reporting systems.
• Develop and present monthly executive cost reports, cost dashboards, and financial risk summaries for key stakeholders.
• Review and assess contractor and engineer bids, pricing proposals, change notices, and cost submissions to ensure best value.
• Support the preparation of Work Breakdown Structures and cost coding structures to improve financial transparency.
• Collaborate with procurement and commercial teams on cost negotiations and contract pricing alignment.
• Contribute to schedule‑cost integration to improve project performance insights and forecasting accuracy.

We would love to hear from you if you: 

• Have demonstrated experience implementing cost & schedule management work processes 
• Have a comprehensive understanding of Work Breakdown Structure and project Coding structures 
• Have experience with program reporting - decks, dashboards,and excel
• Have successfully performed project controls roles including cost control, scheduling and estimating 
• Have a degree or comparable experience in a construction related discipline 

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

The salary range for this role is between $84,000 and $112,000 but actual salary offered is dependent on experience, skill set and education.

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About us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!  

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility   

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!