Sr. Manager, Project Controls, Production Facilities

Sr. Manager, Project Controls – Cost

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The Sr. Manager, Project Controls – Cost is the technical and people leader accountable for cost management, forecasting, and billing governance across one or more mega-projects in Rivian's Production Facilities portfolio. This role owns the living control budget, cost coding and WBS, pay-application controls, procurement cost evaluations, cash-flow forecasts, and cost-risk integration—ensuring that Rivian's $1B+ per-program CAPEX is accurately tracked, risk-adjusted, and aligned to lender requirements.

The Sr. Manager, Cost Controls operates as the technical execution engine beneath the Director of Project Controls, partnering with the Sr. Manager, Preconstruction & Estimating and the Sr. Manager, Schedule to deliver unified, integrated financial oversight across every phase of a mega-project. This role requires multi-GMP, multi-campus portfolio experience, quantitative risk integration, and lender-grade financial and procurement controls typical of hyperscale industrial and data-center environments.

Responsibilities:

• Direct cost and forecast responsibility over $1B in annual CAPEX, across one or more mega-programs within Production Facilities.
• Full ownership of control budgets, forecasts, and procurement cost baselines across all project phases—FEL, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Leadership of a cost controls team (cost engineers, cost analysts, project analysts) with close partnership across estimating, schedule, risk, procurement, and VDC leads to maintain integrated baselines.
• Active interface with Finance, Treasury, Internal Audit, and lenders as the primary cost counterpart.

Qualifications:

• 10–15+ years in project controls with a primary focus on cost management, forecasting, and cost controls for industrial, data-center, or manufacturing mega-projects (>$1B).
• Demonstrated ownership of GMP contracts, multi-package cost structures, pay-application governance, and cost evaluation of bids and changes at owner-operator or EPC/EPCM organizations.
• Proven experience managing cost controls during CMAR or GMP-based contract delivery, including shadow estimating, trade partner bid validation, and change order audit.
• Strong background in engineering, construction management, finance, or applied mathematics; advanced degrees or professional certifications (e.g., CCP, CPC, CFA, or similar) preferred.
• Experience implementing EVMS, QCRA/QSRA, and portfolio-level cost reporting is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Rivian's controls technology stack or equivalent platforms (PMIS, ERP, Primavera P6, cost/risk tools, BI platforms).

Pay Disclosure:

The salary range for this role is USD $161,000-$213,260 for Georgia based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs.

The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees.

You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian's 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at