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Project Controls Cost Manager- Any SNC Site

Southern Nuclear·See posting for location·Posted June 2026
Nuclear industryUS only

About this role

Enterprise-level cost management leadership role establishing fleet-wide cost governance, standards, and forecasting controls for Southern Nuclear's capital projects portfolio. Responsible for cost baseline maturity, re-baseline triggers, and providing independent cost assurance to ensure credible, risk-informed cost information for executive decision-making across multiple nuclear sites.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and maintain SNC fleet cost management standards, procedures, and governance requirements; define mandatory requirements for cost baseline maturity, approval readiness, and re-baseline triggers
  • Define the fleet cost management framework integrating estimates, budgets, schedules, risk, and change control; ensure alignment between CBS structures, forecasting, and risk-based contingency methodologies
  • Serve as functional authority for cost management expectations across Fleet Projects; provide independent cost assurance for PRC, CPRC, and executive leadership forums
  • Review and challenge control budgets, forecasts (EAC/ETC), and funding requests; escalate systemic and portfolio-level cost risks with clear recommendations
  • Monitor fleet-level cost performance and forecast accuracy trends; define and track cost KPIs including forecast stability and contingency utilization
  • Provide senior leadership and direction to fleet and site-level cost controls resources; partner with PMO, Finance, Engineering, Construction, and Supply Chain leadership

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Finance, or related discipline. Extensive experience in project controls cost management and forecasting for capital projects in regulated or high-reliability environments. Demonstrated experience influencing outcomes across multiple projects, sites, or portfolios.

Desired

Advanced degree or professional certification (PMP, CCP, CPA, or equivalent).

Location

Any SNC nuclear site

Job details

FieldAdministrative
LocationSee posting for location
IndustryNuclear energy
PostedJun 2026

About the company

Southern Nuclear

Operator of Southern Company's nuclear fleet, including Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 — the first newly constructed reactors in the U.S. in over three decades — plus Hatch and Farley.

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