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Mariana Minerals

Sr. Cost Control Engineer

$140K–$180K

Houston, TX +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026

Location
Houston, TX
San Francisco HQ
Experience
5–12 years; senior candidates will have owned cost on a project above $100M total installed cost.
Education
BS in engineering, construction management, finance, or a related field.

About the job

Own cost baselines, forecasts, change control, and automated reporting for Mariana Minerals’ capital projects.

What you'll do

  • Establish project cost baselines and control budgets; track commitments, actuals, and forecasts.
  • Manage earned value, changes, contingency, cash flow, invoice verification, and project cost reporting.
  • Build automated data connections, reconciliations, and exception checks across project systems.

What they ask for

  • 5–12 years of project cost control on capital projects in mining, minerals, refining, chemicals, power, or heavy civil.
  • Practical earned value management and end-to-end trend and change management experience.
  • Hands-on experience with a project cost management system and an ERP.
  • Advanced Excel plus SQL, Power BI, or Python skills for building reporting.

Nice to have

  • AACE Certified Cost Professional, Certified Cost Technician, or PMI credentials.
  • Senior candidates will have owned cost on a project above $100M total installed cost.

Pay

$140K – $180K USD base salary

Tools

EcoSys, InEight, Prism, Procore, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Excel

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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)