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Cost Controls Project Specialist

Sterling Engineering, Inc.

Waukegan, IL

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$70–$85 Per Hour
SKILLS
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API), Billing, Biotech and Pharmaceutical, Brownfield Redevelopment, Budget Management, Budgeting, Capital Project, Construction, Construction Engineering, Construction Management, Construction Projects, Cost Control, Cost Engineering, Cost Forecasting, Data Analysis, Data Quality, Documentation, Drug Manufacturing, Ecosystems, Engineering, Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC/EPCC/EPCM), Expense Tracking, Finance, Financial Projections, Industrial Engineering, Leadership, Manufacturing, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Order Management, Organizational Skills, Performance Metrics, Plan Meetings, Primavera, Project Control, Project Engineering, Project Lifecycle, Project Planning, Project Schedule, Project Tracking, Project/Program Coordination, Project/Program Management, Purchase Orders, Reconciliation, Record Keeping, Reporting Dashboards, Retrofit, Status Reports
LOCATION
Waukegan, IL
POSTED
18 days ago
Position: Project Specialist – (Cost Control & Project Coordination)
Location: Waukegan, IL 60087
Duration: 24+ Month Contract
Schedule: Full-Time, Onsite

Pay Rate $70.00 - $85.00 per hour

I am looking for a Cost Controls - Project Specialist to support a large-scale infrastructure retrofit project within an API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) manufacturing facility. 

in this role, you will provide critical project controls and coordination support, helping the team maintain project schedules, manage project costs, track expenses, and administer purchase orders throughout the project lifecycle.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience supporting capital projects, construction projects, facility expansions, or industrial engineering projects who enjoys bringing organization, structure, and visibility to complex project environments.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support project cost tracking, forecasting, and budget management activities
  • Monitor project expenditures and maintain accurate financial records
  • Create, update, and maintain project schedules and milestone tracking reports
  • Manage purchase order creation, tracking, reconciliation, and closeout activities
  • Coordinate with engineering, construction, procurement, finance, and project stakeholders
  • Develop and maintain project dashboards, status reports, and KPI tracking tools
  • Track commitments, invoices, accruals, and overall project financial performance
  • Assist with project documentation, meeting coordination, action item tracking, and reporting
  • Support implementation and adoption of Ecosystem, a web-based project management and planning platform
  • Identify schedule, cost, or resource issues and escalate as needed to project leadership
  • Maintain organized project records and ensure data accuracy across multiple tracking systems
 
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's degree preferred in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, Finance, or related field
  • MUST HAVE Pharmaceutical, API, biotech, chemical, or regulated manufacturing experience
  • 10+ years of experience supporting capital projects, construction projects, engineering projects, or industrial manufacturing projects
  • MUST HAVE experience with project cost control, project coordination, project controls, or project scheduling activities
  • Microsoft Excel including tracking, reporting, and data analysis
  • Management of purchase orders, invoices, budgets, or project financial data
  • Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or similar systems
  • Must have experience working within manufacturing, pharmaceutical, chemical, industrial, construction, or engineering environments
  • Brownfield retrofit, facility expansion, or infrastructure project experience

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

About the Company

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Sterling Engineering, Inc.

Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:

 

  • Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.

 

  • Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.

 

Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.

COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
1969
WEBSITE
http://www.sterling-engineering.com