Principal Specialist, Cost Control

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Principal Specialist, Cost Control

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Ongoing Recruitment: This posting is part of our ongoing recruitment efforts. We welcome applications, and while there may not be an immediate need, your resume will be kept on file for future consideration. We are continuously reviewing resumes and will contact qualified candidates as the need arises. 

Program Summary

KBR Government Solutions delivers full life cycle professional and technical solutions that improve operational readiness and drive innovation. Our solutions help ensure mission success on land, air, sea, space and cyberspace for the Department of Defense, intelligence community, NASA and other federal agencies. KBR’s areas of expertise include engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity.

Our people make the world a more productive, efficient and fascinating place. And that is only the beginning.

Job Summary

This position, reporting to the Cost Manager within the Program Planning and Control team, is pivotal for forecasting, controlling, and reporting project costs. The role requires an undergraduate degree and over 14 years of experience. The individual will develop project variances, analyze expenditures, and provide completion reports. They will review project costs by category, forecast future costs considering various factors, and manage the performance of multiple disciplines within the project controls function. This role involves leading managers or professional staff, contributing to project controls strategy, and potentially overseeing global processes in estimating, project risk control, cost control, and scheduling.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate submission of required deliverables, both internally to KBR and externally to the client.

• Review project finances, including tracking project funding levels versus recognized revenue.

• Provide input to management on financial forecasting, project-level cost reporting and forecasting, and labor and non-labor utilization and trends.

• Develop and provide project variances, trending, and analysis of expenditures, and completion reports.

• Review project costs incurred by category and calculate future costs based on labor productivity, material price increases, subcontract, wage rates, and risk analysis.

• Manage the delivery of functional objectives by providing leadership and direction to managers or professional staff.

• Participate in the development of project controls strategy and may be responsible for global processes and procedures in estimating, project risk control, cost control, and scheduling.