Cost Control Director

The Director of Cost Controls is responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving Evans' company-wide project cost-control program. The position establishes consistent standards for cost forecasting, projections, commitments, change management, general conditions, cost exposure, risk identification, scheduling, and project financial reporting across all divisions and projects.

The Director serves as the primary connection between Operations, Finance/Accounting, Executive Leadership, and Project Teams, ensuring financial information is timely, accurate, understandable, and actionable. The objective is straightforward: identify financial risk early enough to do something about it.

• Develop and maintain the Evans’ Cost Controls Standard Operating Procedures and one consistent methodology across Autodesk Forma (ACC) and Vista for project financial management.
• Implement company wide standards for cost projections, forecasting, cost-to-complete, commitments, general conditions, contingency, allowances, owner and subcontractor change management, exposure tracking, buyout, cost-code standardization, and project closeout.
• Eliminate unnecessary variation between offices and Project Teams while recognizing legitimate differences between project types.
• Own the operational implementation and governance of the cost-control platform, including the relationship between ACC and Vista.
• Maintain data integrity, standardized configuration, and consistent use of the platform across all divisions and Project Teams.

• Establish a recurring review process that identifies financial problems before they become losses, reviewing project financial performance with Division Managers, Project Executives, and Project Teams.
• Focus reviews on current margin versus original and prior forecast, margin gain/fade, cost-to-complete accuracy, general conditions burn and projected completion, and uncommitted cost exposure.
• Evaluate buyout performance, pending owner changes, subcontractor change exposure, contingency usage, scope gaps, schedule-related cost exposure, staffing and manpower cost accuracy, and aging unresolved financial items.
• Challenge unsupported assumptions and require teams to explain significant changes.
• Develop a Cost Controls Dashboard that allows leadership to quickly identify projects requiring attention,
• Identify projects with deteriorating margin, general conditions overruns, unresolved change exposure, inaccurate forecasting, delayed design/buyout, contingency consumption, schedule-cost exposure, or repeated projection adjustments.
• Maintain a clear understanding of each project’s current financial exposure, potential cost impact, responsible owner, and corrective action plan.

• Develop and deliver a Cost Controls Training Program for Assistant Project Managers, Project Managers, Senior Project Managers, Project Executives, Operations Managers, and Division Managers.
• Train Project Teams and Operations leaders on effective use of cost-control software, existing tools, and standardized processes to support accurate forecasting, reporting, and financial decision-making.
• Build financial discipline across Project Teams by teaching cost-to-complete forecasting, general conditions management, cost leakage identification, scope-gap recognition, contingency management, schedule-impact evaluation, commitment tracking, change management, and interpretation of project financial reports
• Reinforce practical cost-control habits without creating unnecessary administrative burden.

• Partner with the CFO, Controller, and Operations leadership to ensure project forecasts…