[Hiring] Cost Control Manager @Better-Pros

Role Description

Are you a Construction Cost & Commercial Manager with a proven track record on Hospitality (Hotels) projects? We're looking for a construction professional to own the commercial side of the job — contracts, procurement, payment applications, variations, and cost control across the full project lifecycle. This is not an accounting position and it is not a pure estimating position. We need a construction person who can open the contract, challenge what a contractor is billing, and defend the number. This position supports projects in the Bahamas, so availability to work on Eastern Time (ET) is required.

What you'll do:

• Own project cost management from award through closeout: budgets, procurement, contracts, forecasting, and overall cost control.
• Manage contracts and procurement end to end — prepare subcontractor bid packages, run the bid process, level proposals, and lead commercial negotiations through award.
• Verify that what's being billed actually matches completed work, cross-checking RFIs, submittals, and % complete before you approve anything.
• Apply retention deductions and enforce conditions of contract on every application, with no exceptions.
• Manage variations and change orders: validate entitlement, price them, and keep the contract value current at all times.
• Produce monthly budget vs. expenditure vs. forecast reporting, so the team always knows whether the job is trending on budget through completion.
• Build estimates and cost plans where they're needed to support commercial decisions — as a tool for cost control, not as the core of the job.
• Coordinate with contractors, architects, and the project team to resolve commercial issues before they turn into claims.

Qualifications

• Solid construction background with a focus on contracts and commercial administration. Not accounting. Not pure estimating.
• Demonstrable experience on Hospitality (Hotels) projects.
• Hands-on command of concrete, wood framing, and steel framing scopes — enough to challenge quantities, methods, and pricing with confidence.
• Proven comfort reviewing large-value payment applications and contract terms: retention, conditions of contract, and change provisions.
• Proficiency with Procore. This one is non-negotiable.
• Excellent ability to interpret architectural, structural, and construction drawings, specifications, and contract documents quickly and accurately.
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to push back on a contractor, hold your position, and keep the relationship intact.
• Strong character and resilience: the ability to tolerate pressure, shifting priorities, and uncertainty, and to keep delivering accurate work under all of it.
• English required.
• Reliable availability, a consistent work schedule, and genuine interest in long-term professional growth.

A great plus

• Experience working directly with U.S. or Caribbean developers, contractors, and architectural firms.
• Knowledge of Bahamas or Caribbean construction realities: import logistics, lead times, and local labor conditions.
• Experience handling claims, delay analysis, or dispute resolution.
• A track record of building or improving commercial and cost-control processes from scratch.