Cost Controller

Company: CTS Nordics (A CTS Group company) Location: Fyresdal, Norway Reports To: Project Controls or Commercial Manager Type: Full-Time, Site-based role About CTS Group CTS Group is a fast-growing international design and build company specialising in data center development across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and India. We combine engineering excellence, innovation and digital transformation to deliver high-performance, sustainable and future-ready data center solutions. With over 40 nationalities represented across our teams, CTS fosters a collaborative, inclusive and high-performance culture where innovation and technical precision drive every project. Beyond construction, CTS develops digital systems and standardised modular data center units to meet the evolving needs of hyperscalers, colocation providers and enterprise clients. In Norway, CTS Nordics AS delivers CTS Group's hyperscale data center construction programmes, acting as EPC contractor from design and procurement through site execution, testing and handover. Current projects include a 460 MW programme in Fyresdal (Telemark), a 400 MW programme at Kvandal in the Narvik region, and a 25 MW development in Vennesla in the Kristiansand region. Role Overview Maintain accurate cost forecasts and explain project financial performance across EPC work packages. Work across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning interfaces to meet agreed safety, quality and delivery requirements. The position sits within CTS Nordics' hyperscale data center delivery in Norway, where EPC teams coordinate design, procurement, subcontractors, construction and commissioning to bring each facility to handover. The role reports to the Project Controls or Commercial Manager and works within the delegated authority set out for CTS Nordics site and project roles, escalating safety, cost, scope and programme matters as required. Key Responsibilities · Maintain budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals and coding structures. · Reconcile procurement and subcontract commitments with finance records. · Prepare forecasts to complete and investigate cost and productivity variances. · Track approved changes, contingency movements and emerging cost exposure. · Support monthly reporting with traceable assumptions and package owner input. · Coordinate assigned work within delegated authority, request information or corrective action as needed, and intervene or escalate unsafe work, nonconforming conditions, or cost, scope and programme changes for approval. Required Skills and Experience · Relevant finance, quantity surveying, commercial or engineering qualification. · Typically 4+ years in project cost control on construction or engineering projects. Demonstrate transferable experience from complex EPC, industrial, infrastructure or data center projects. · Cost forecasting, Excel, ERP reporting, reconciliation and commercial awareness. · Fluent written and spoken English is required. · Norwegian or Scandinavian language skills are an advantage. · Use digital project tools and maintain reliable records. · Communicate clearly, cooperate across disciplines and act promptly on constraints. Combine practical judgement with accurate follow-up and a calm approach under pressure.