Controls Manager; Cost - Data Center Construction

Construction Cost Controls Manager

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Construction Cost Controls Manager to support major data center and mission critical capital programs. This position will be primarily remote with minimal travel. This role will provide hands-on construction cost controls support across leased data center facilities, tenant fit-outs, retrofits, technology modernization, connectivity work, ground-up data center construction, and associated infrastructure.

The Construction Cost Controls Manager will support budget management, cost forecasting, invoice review, change order analysis, risk documentation, financial reporting, accruals, compliance documentation, data quality, purchase order support, and financial closeout activities.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, commercially aware, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-volume data center delivery environment with multiple platforms, deadlines, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

This role supports construction cost controls delivery across complex data center project types, which may include:

• Leased data center facility fit-outs
• Data center retrofits
• Technology modernization projects
• Connectivity scope
• Projects in various lifecycle stages from planning and pre-construction through closeout

• Ground-up data center construction
• Associated campus and utility infrastructure
• New build construction cost controls
• Contractor forecasting and cash flow review
• Change management, accruals, reporting, and closeout support

• Manage construction cost controls for data center fit-out, retrofit, modernization, connectivity, and new build programs.
• Support budget setup, cost tracking, forecasting, cash flow, work-in-place, accruals, and estimate-at-completion reporting.
• Review contractor and vendor invoices, payment applications, backup documentation, and cost submissions.
• Analyze and process change orders, including unit rates, labor rates, markups, commercial backup, and forecast impacts.
• Maintain alignment between budgets, commitments, purchase orders, actuals, pending changes, and forecasted final costs.
• Support risk register updates, cost risk tracking, mitigation actions, and escalation of emerging issues.
• Perform data QA/QC across project controls, financial, procurement, and reporting systems.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, variance commentary, executive summaries, and ad-hoc cost analyses.
• Coordinate with construction, project controls, finance, procurement, scheduling, estimating, and delivery teams.
• Support contract, purchase order, compliance documentation, and financial closeout activities.

The Construction Cost Controls Manager will be expected to:

• Operate as a hands-on construction cost controls professional in a high-volume data center project environment.
• Support project controls leadership with reliable execution, quality control, and reporting.
• Maintain strong discipline around deadlines, data accuracy, documentation, and workflow follow-through.
• Translate cost and commercial information into clear, decision-ready insights.
• Proactively identify cost, invoice, change, accrual, and reporting issues before they become project impacts.
• Support consistent service delivery across leased data center, retrofit, modernization, connectivity, and new build construction requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in construction cost controls, project controls, cost management, commercial management, or related capital project delivery roles.
• Experience supporting large-scale construction, data center, mission critical, industrial, technology, infrastructure, or complex capital programs.
• Strong knowledge of construction cost control, forecasting, change management, invoice review, accruals, purchase orders, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
• Experience reviewing contractor change orders, invoices, cost reports, forecasts, cash flows, and supporting documentation.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, systems, workflows, and reporting deadlines.
• Strong Excel, analytical, and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.

• Prior data center, hyperscale, mission critical, technology, or advanced manufacturing experience.
• Experience with leased data center facilities, tenant fit-outs, retrofits, technology modernization, connectivity scope, or new build data center construction.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Unifier, eBuilder, Procore, procurement systems, Tableau, Power BI, Primavera P6, Oracle, SAP, or similar PMIS / ERP / reporting systems.
• Experience with compliance documentation, audit readiness, financial controls, and governance-driven reporting.
• Professional certifications such as CCP, CEP, PSP, PMP, MRICS, CCM, or AACE credentials are a plus.