Manager, Cost - Delivery, AMERS

Nscale's North American Data Center Infrastructure (DCI) group is delivering large-scale, high-density data center campuses at pace. Within the Project Controls group, cost management makes sure every dollar is planned, tracked, and forecast accurately. The Cost Manager owns the cost picture for assigned DCI projects, from budget development and procurement through construction, commissioning, and close-out. This role keeps budgets, commitments, actuals, and forecasts accurate and current, manages change, and gives project leadership an early, honest view of cost risk and opportunity. Key Responsibilities

Budget development: Build and maintain project budgets and cost breakdown structures, aligned with estimates, the WBS, and the DCI project controls framework.

Cost tracking: Track commitments, actuals, accruals, and forecasts at completion; reconcile project cost data with Finance and the ERP each month.

Forecasting: Prepare monthly cost reports and forecasts, including variance analysis, cash flow projections, and trend identification.

Change management: Maintain trend and change logs; evaluate contractor change order requests for merit, quantum, and contractual entitlement; and negotiate fair outcomes.

Payment applications: Review and validate contractor and vendor payment applications against progress, contract terms, retainage, and lien waiver requirements.

Procurement support: Support bid leveling, cost comparisons, and commercial evaluation for major trade packages and long-lead equipment (e.g., generators, switchgear, UPS, cooling).

Contingency management: Track contingency and allowance drawdown and flag emerging cost risks and opportunities to the Project Controls Manager.

Estimating input: Provide feedback from actual costs to improve future estimates and benchmarks across the DCI portfolio.

Close-out: Support commercial close-out, including final accounts, claims resolution, and capitalization documentation.

Data center, power, or MEP-intensive project experience.

AACE CCP / CCT, RICS (MRICS), or equivalent professional credential.

Owner-side cost management experience.

Familiarity with earned value management principles.

Integrity — does the right thing even when no one is watching; never misrepresents status, costs, or progress to protect themselves or their team

Ownership mentality — treats the program as their own and holds themselves accountable for the quality and accuracy of their work without being told

Respectful under pressure — stays composed and professional with contractors, trades, and internal Nscale teams regardless of the circumstances

Transparent communicator — surfaces problems early and honestly and never buries bad news

Team-first attitude — ego stays at the gate; the program and the people on it come first

Reliable and consistent — shows up prepared, follows through on commitments, and does what they say they will do

Cost management platforms (e.g., EcoSys, Procore, Kahua, or similar)

Advanced Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, financial modeling)

ERP / finance systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite)

Power BI or similar reporting tools

Working familiarity with Primavera P6 for cost-schedule integration