Project Controls Specialist Jobs in Colorado
Project Controls Specialist jobs in Colorado concentrate heavily in construction, energy, aerospace and defense, and infrastructure development, with demand running from entry-level cost engineers through senior program controls leads. Denver, Colorado Springs, and the Boulder-Longmont corridor account for the bulk of active openings, and large employers with a lasting footprint here include Jacobs, Parsons Corporation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Earned value management, cost forecasting, and scheduling using Primavera P6 are the most consistently requested specialties across Colorado listings. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.
We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
About This Role:
Join our team as the Project Controls Manager and take ownership of the cost and schedule integrity of every Engineered to Order (ETO) manufacturing program we run. You will build and enforce the baseline discipline that lets the PMO forecast credibly — a common WBS, a common schedule structure, a common cost taxonomy, and a reporting layer that ties production reality back to the numbers we quoted.
This is the analytical backbone of the PMO. You will not run projects; you will make the people who run projects measurably better at it. You'll own the estimate-to-baseline handoff, the cost-to-complete reporting layer, and the monthly program economics review that keeps both manufacturing sectors honest about where their programs actually stand.
The role is deliberately cross-sector. You'll work across Spark MDC, PDC buildings, low- and medium-voltage switchgear, and switchboard lines — and you will be the person who can say, with evidence, where a program actually stands. Your work directly impacts our ability to deploy infrastructure that computes from sustainable, renewable and/or stranded energy sources.
We are seeking a deeply analytical professional with a proven background in cost engineering, project controls, or manufacturing finance, and the credibility to hold project managers and operations leaders to a standard. This is a full-time position.
What You’ll Be Working On:
Baseline Standards and Governance: Establish and maintain PMO-wide standards for cost and schedule baselining, including a common WBS and cost code structure across both manufacturing sectors.
Baseline Change Control Standard: Define the cross-sector standard for how a cost or schedule baseline may be revised — what triggers a re-baseline, who approves it, and how the original commitment stays visible after the change. Audit compliance across both sectors; the sector managers run quality assurance on their own schedules, you own the rule they run it against.
Estimate-to-Baseline Handoff: Validate that awarded scope, quoted hours, material costs, and margin assumptions are correctly loaded before a program starts — this is where most margin is won or lost.
Budget Reporting and Forecasting: Build the cost-to-complete and estimate-at-completion tooling that project managers run their projects on, and make it good enough that keeping it current is the easy path. PMs own their project numbers — committed cost, earned production, and forecast at completion — and you partner with them on the standard and cadence that keeps those numbers trustworthy, coaching where the model is confusing and flagging where it’s drifting. At the portfolio level you’re the consumer: roll the data up, work variances through with the responsible PM, and bring leadership a forecast the whole team stands behind.
Monthly Program Economics Review: Own the standing monthly economics review across both sectors — you set the calendar, publish the pre-read, run the meeting, and hold the drumbeat month over month so it survives busy quarters. Each sector manager brings a signed cost-to-complete position for every active program; you validate the model, challenge the operational assumptions behind it, and drive variance and recovery items to a documented owner and date. Track closure of prior-month actions so the review compounds rather than resets.
SOP and Tooling Ownership: Own the SOPs and tooling that make the review executable — the forecast submission artifact and its sign-off, the variance and recovery log, the pre-read package, and the reporting templates PMs work in. Write the procedures, version them, train the PMs on them, and revise them when the process outgrows the tool. If a control only exists in someone’s spreadsheet, it is not yet a control.
Reporting and Dashboard Tooling: Build and maintain the data layer and reporting tooling behind the sector executive dashboards. The sector managers own their dashboards and the story they tell; you own the pipeline underneath — the source-of-truth queries, the refresh automation, and the reconciliation that makes both sectors’ numbers comparable.
Data Integrity and ERP Governance: Own cost data hygiene across the PMO — cost code discipline, work order structure, WIP accuracy, and BOM-to-job-cost alignment. Audit for drift, drive correction with the responsible team, and keep bad inputs from reaching the forecast.
Portfolio Risk and Contingency Management: Track contingency and risk allowance across the active portfolio — what was carried at baseline, what has been drawn, and what remains against known exposure. Give leadership a defensible view of how much cushion is actually left.
PM Enablement and Training: Onboard every new project manager onto the controls toolset and reporting standard, run refreshers as the tooling changes, and build the cost and schedule competency of the PM population over time. Adoption is a deliverable, not a hope.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Finance and Accounting on revenue recognition inputs, work-in-process valuation, and variance explanation. Support Estimating with actualized cost feedback so future bids reflect real production performance.
Post-Mortem Analysis: Lead financial and schedule post-mortem analysis at project close-out, and publish trend findings back into estimating and operations.
What You’ll Bring to the Team:
Project Controls Experience: Minimum of 6+ years in project controls, cost engineering, or manufacturing finance, including work in an ETO or make-to-order production environment.
Bachelor of Science: BS in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Accounting, or a closely related quantitative field.
Cost Management: Demonstrated ownership of cost baselines, earned value or equivalent progress measurement, and estimate-at-completion forecasting.
Advanced Modeling Capability: Advanced Google Sheets modeling including dynamic cost structures, sensitivity analysis, and large-scale data reconciliation.
Technical Proficiency: Hands-on ERP experience for job costing, work orders, and BOM-level cost roll-up. Proficiency in Google Suite and Microsoft Office.
Schedule Development & Management: Strong scheduling literacy across Smartsheet, MS Project, Monday.com or Primavera P6 — with the ability to audit and correct schedule logic.
Team Collaboration: Proven ability to influence project managers and operations leaders without direct authority.
Safety and Compliance: This position is designated a safety-sensitive position and/or is located in a safety-sensitive facility. Drug and alcohol program participation is required.
Bonus Points:
Experience with Acumatica
Experience supporting both discrete manufacturing and construction-style project accounting.
Power BI, Looker Studio, or Python-based reporting automation.
Experience using AI-assisted analytics to accelerate project controls work — forecast modeling, schedule risk and float analysis, anomaly detection in cost data, or automating reconciliation and reporting.
AACE certification (CCP, EVP, PSP) or equivalent.
Prior experience standing up a project controls function from scratch.
Data Center Construction Experience.
MBA in Business, Accounting or Engineering/Project Management is preferred.
Benefits:
Competitive compensation and equity packages
Restricted Stock Units
Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
Employer contributions to HSA account
Paid parental leave
Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
Professional development & tuition reimbursement
Mental health & wellness support
Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
Cell phone stipend
401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
Volunteer time off
Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
Daily meals allowance
Additional perks & programs specific to location
Compensation Range
Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $130,000 -$150,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. (#INDMFG)
Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.
Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.
We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
About This Role:
Join our team as the Project Controls Manager and take ownership of the cost and schedule integrity of every Engineered to Order (ETO) manufacturing program we run. You will build and enforce the baseline discipline that lets the PMO forecast credibly — a common WBS, a common schedule structure, a common cost taxonomy, and a reporting layer that ties production reality back to the numbers we quoted.
This is the analytical backbone of the PMO. You will not run projects; you will make the people who run projects measurably better at it. You'll own the estimate-to-baseline handoff, the cost-to-complete reporting layer, and the monthly program economics review that keeps both manufacturing sectors honest about where their programs actually stand.
The role is deliberately cross-sector. You'll work across Spark MDC, PDC buildings, low- and medium-voltage switchgear, and switchboard lines — and you will be the person who can say, with evidence, where a program actually stands. Your work directly impacts our ability to deploy infrastructure that computes from sustainable, renewable and/or stranded energy sources.
We are seeking a deeply analytical professional with a proven background in cost engineering, project controls, or manufacturing finance, and the credibility to hold project managers and operations leaders to a standard. This is a full-time position.
What You’ll Be Working On:
Baseline Standards and Governance: Establish and maintain PMO-wide standards for cost and schedule baselining, including a common WBS and cost code structure across both manufacturing sectors.
Baseline Change Control Standard: Define the cross-sector standard for how a cost or schedule baseline may be revised — what triggers a re-baseline, who approves it, and how the original commitment stays visible after the change. Audit compliance across both sectors; the sector managers run quality assurance on their own schedules, you own the rule they run it against.
Estimate-to-Baseline Handoff: Validate that awarded scope, quoted hours, material costs, and margin assumptions are correctly loaded before a program starts — this is where most margin is won or lost.
Budget Reporting and Forecasting: Build the cost-to-complete and estimate-at-completion tooling that project managers run their projects on, and make it good enough that keeping it current is the easy path. PMs own their project numbers — committed cost, earned production, and forecast at completion — and you partner with them on the standard and cadence that keeps those numbers trustworthy, coaching where the model is confusing and flagging where it’s drifting. At the portfolio level you’re the consumer: roll the data up, work variances through with the responsible PM, and bring leadership a forecast the whole team stands behind.
Monthly Program Economics Review: Own the standing monthly economics review across both sectors — you set the calendar, publish the pre-read, run the meeting, and hold the drumbeat month over month so it survives busy quarters. Each sector manager brings a signed cost-to-complete position for every active program; you validate the model, challenge the operational assumptions behind it, and drive variance and recovery items to a documented owner and date. Track closure of prior-month actions so the review compounds rather than resets.
SOP and Tooling Ownership: Own the SOPs and tooling that make the review executable — the forecast submission artifact and its sign-off, the variance and recovery log, the pre-read package, and the reporting templates PMs work in. Write the procedures, version them, train the PMs on them, and revise them when the process outgrows the tool. If a control only exists in someone’s spreadsheet, it is not yet a control.
Reporting and Dashboard Tooling: Build and maintain the data layer and reporting tooling behind the sector executive dashboards. The sector managers own their dashboards and the story they tell; you own the pipeline underneath — the source-of-truth queries, the refresh automation, and the reconciliation that makes both sectors’ numbers comparable.
Data Integrity and ERP Governance: Own cost data hygiene across the PMO — cost code discipline, work order structure, WIP accuracy, and BOM-to-job-cost alignment. Audit for drift, drive correction with the responsible team, and keep bad inputs from reaching the forecast.
Portfolio Risk and Contingency Management: Track contingency and risk allowance across the active portfolio — what was carried at baseline, what has been drawn, and what remains against known exposure. Give leadership a defensible view of how much cushion is actually left.
PM Enablement and Training: Onboard every new project manager onto the controls toolset and reporting standard, run refreshers as the tooling changes, and build the cost and schedule competency of the PM population over time. Adoption is a deliverable, not a hope.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Finance and Accounting on revenue recognition inputs, work-in-process valuation, and variance explanation. Support Estimating with actualized cost feedback so future bids reflect real production performance.
Post-Mortem Analysis: Lead financial and schedule post-mortem analysis at project close-out, and publish trend findings back into estimating and operations.
What You’ll Bring to the Team:
Project Controls Experience: Minimum of 6+ years in project controls, cost engineering, or manufacturing finance, including work in an ETO or make-to-order production environment.
Bachelor of Science: BS in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Accounting, or a closely related quantitative field.
Cost Management: Demonstrated ownership of cost baselines, earned value or equivalent progress measurement, and estimate-at-completion forecasting.
Advanced Modeling Capability: Advanced Google Sheets modeling including dynamic cost structures, sensitivity analysis, and large-scale data reconciliation.
Technical Proficiency: Hands-on ERP experience for job costing, work orders, and BOM-level cost roll-up. Proficiency in Google Suite and Microsoft Office.
Schedule Development & Management: Strong scheduling literacy across Smartsheet, MS Project, Monday.com or Primavera P6 — with the ability to audit and correct schedule logic.
Team Collaboration: Proven ability to influence project managers and operations leaders without direct authority.
Safety and Compliance: This position is designated a safety-sensitive position and/or is located in a safety-sensitive facility. Drug and alcohol program participation is required.
Bonus Points:
Experience with Acumatica
Experience supporting both discrete manufacturing and construction-style project accounting.
Power BI, Looker Studio, or Python-based reporting automation.
Experience using AI-assisted analytics to accelerate project controls work — forecast modeling, schedule risk and float analysis, anomaly detection in cost data, or automating reconciliation and reporting.
AACE certification (CCP, EVP, PSP) or equivalent.
Prior experience standing up a project controls function from scratch.
Data Center Construction Experience.
MBA in Business, Accounting or Engineering/Project Management is preferred.
Benefits:
Competitive compensation and equity packages
Restricted Stock Units
Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
Employer contributions to HSA account
Paid parental leave
Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
Professional development & tuition reimbursement
Mental health & wellness support
Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
Cell phone stipend
401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
Volunteer time off
Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
Daily meals allowance
Additional perks & programs specific to location
Compensation Range
Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $130,000 -$150,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. (#INDMFG)
Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.
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What Colorado Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in project controls specialist jobs across Colorado.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related technical field
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project for scheduling and baseline control
- Demonstrated experience with earned value management and cost performance reporting
- PMI Planning and Scheduling Professional or AACE International certification preferred
- Familiarity with FAR and DFARS requirements for federal and defense project work in Colorado
- Strong written communication skills for producing variance analysis and management reports
Project Controls Specialist Jobs in Colorado: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a project controls specialist in Colorado?
Most project controls specialists in Colorado enter the field with a bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or a related discipline from a program such as those at Colorado State University or the University of Colorado. Colorado does not require a state-issued license specifically for this role, but employers strongly favor candidates who hold AACE International certifications such as the Certified Cost Professional or the PMI Planning and Scheduling Professional credential, which signal validated competency in scheduling, estimating, and cost control.
How much do project controls specialists make in Colorado?
Project controls specialists in Colorado earn a median of about $110,050 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $68,990 for the lowest 10% to over $171,630 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire project controls specialists in Colorado?
Companies currently hiring project controls specialists in Colorado include Primoris Services Corporation, CRUSOE, and MasTec, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Colorado's concentration of federal defense contractors and large infrastructure firms means project controls roles here often support long-duration programs tied to military installations, transit expansion, and energy projects.
Which Colorado cities have the most project controls specialist jobs?
Denver, Centennial, and Colorado lead Colorado for project controls specialist openings. Denver anchors the market as the state's primary hub for construction, transportation infrastructure, and corporate headquarters for engineering firms, while Colorado Springs draws significant demand from defense contractors and federal agencies tied to the military installations surrounding the city, and the Boulder-Longmont corridor supports aerospace and energy project work.
Are there remote project controls specialist jobs in Colorado?
Yes, but they're less common than in purely analytical roles, since project controls work often requires on-site presence for field data collection, contractor meetings, and schedule walks. About 44% of project controls specialist openings tied to Colorado are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, with remote arrangements most frequently available for cost reporting, earned value analysis, and document control functions that can be performed off-site.
How can I get hired as a project controls specialist in Colorado with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a junior cost engineer or project controls analyst role at one of Colorado's large engineering or construction management firms, where you support senior specialists on active projects while building hands-on scheduling and cost tracking experience. Companies like Jacobs and Parsons routinely bring on recent graduates from Colorado engineering and construction management programs into associate-level controls positions. Earning an AACE International Student Membership and completing an internship focused on schedule development or cost variance reporting gives candidates a clear edge in Colorado's competitive entry-level market.
Where can I find and apply to project controls specialist jobs in Colorado?
You can find and apply to project controls specialist jobs in Colorado on Migrate Mate, which lists current Colorado openings across industries including construction, defense, energy, and infrastructure. Search the available roles, identify the ones that match your background and preferred location within Colorado, and apply directly to the ones that fit.
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