Cost Analyst - New Unit Projects
GE VernovaRemote
Full Time
Posted November 10, 2026
$100k - $167k
Power Generation
Remote
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- Source
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- Freshness
- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed November 11, 2026
- Classification
- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Power Generation
- Pay provenance
- Employer-provided pay
Job Description
Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for cost management and project optimization?
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain project cost execution plans, cost curves, budgets, forecasts, and detailed weekly/monthly cost reports across assigned project scopes.
- Monitor actual and committed costs against budget and forecast; identify cost variances, determine root causes, assess cost-to-complete, and recommend appropriate mitigation actions.
- Partner with budget owners, Project Managers, and schedulers to align project schedules, cost curves, forecasts, and Bill of Quantity (BOQ) tracking.
- Maintain budget and forecast version control, ensuring approved changes, variation orders, and change orders are accurately reflected in project financials.
- Perform project risk and opportunity analysis, monitor cost risks and action plans, and conduct ad-hoc analysis to assess potential cost headwinds and overruns.
- Prepare cost information and analysis for project management reviews (PMRs) and communicate project cost performance, risks, and opportunities to key stakeholders.
- Coordinate cost estimates and financial analysis for change orders and claims, including tracking actual versus planned spend against approved changes.
- Support continuous improvement of cost-control processes, tools, reporting, and operating rhythms, while sharing lessons learned with Sales, ITO, IPM, and other stakeholders to improve future bids and project budgets.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Accounting, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in project cost control, cost analysis, project controls, project management, quality or a related field , preferably supporting complex engineering, manufacturing, construction, energy, or infrastructure projects.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience with project budgeting, forecasting, cost-to-complete analysis, data analysis, and/or cost reporting .
- Demonstrated experience analyzing actual and committed costs, identifying cost variances and risks, and supporting corrective or mitigation actions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including experience analyzing and reporting project financial data; experience with project cost-management, ERP, or project controls systems preferred.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with demonstrated attention to detail and data accuracy.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to collaborate across Project Management, Finance, Engineering, Sales, and other cross-functional teams.
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