The Project Controller at Oklo Inc. will provide an independent financial perspective within project teams, ensuring accuracy in forecasting, reporting, and commercial decisions for capital projects. This role is critical in supporting the delivery of nuclear powerhouses and infrastructure through rigorous cost control, schedule integration, and performance transparency.
What You'll Do
- Develop and maintain independent cost-to-complete and Estimate at Completion (EAC) positions, ensuring forecasts reflect financial reality and risk exposure
- Provide data-informed challenge to assumptions impacting cost and schedule outcomes and clearly articulate forecast deltas, underlying drivers, and financial implications to project and senior leadership
- Provide trusted reporting, trending, and variance analyses of commitments and actual expenditures compared to project budgets
- Lead cost and schedule integration to assess project performance, including the financial impacts of schedule changes and drive transparency between progress and cost performance
- Identify and quantify cost and schedule risk
- Maintain independent, data-informed judgement of project performance and escalate concerns around forecast integrity and compliance
- Monitor contingency utilization and change order trends
- Own monthly project financial reporting packages and executive-ready project narratives
- Support the preparation of materials for senior leadership reviews as required
- Review and audit contractor and vendor cost reports and validate progress against contractual milestones, physical progress and schedule status
- Hold vendors accountable to transparent, timely, and contractually compliant reporting standards and frequency
- Ensure project-level cost tracking aligns with standardized methodologies and governance frameworks established by Capital Cost Management
- Maintain and enforce cost discipline and reporting consistency across project teams
- Act as the primary interface between project financials and accounting to ensure accurate consolidation, alignment, and reporting of project financial data
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of progressive project controls experience, including ownership of EAC and independent forecast development within large-scale energy, infrastructure, industrial, or construction sectors
- Experience supporting EPC or construction projects (preferably $100M+ environments)
- Strong knowledge of cost control processes, forecasting, earned value, and schedule integration
- Experience reviewing contractor reporting and managing change control processes
- Strong analytical skills with comfort working in large datasets and financial models
- Proficiency with ERP and project cost systems, with ability to adapt across tools and environments
- Proven ability to work closely with cross-functional project teams
- Clear and concise communication skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with nuclear or other FOAK energy infrastructure projects
- Familiarity with DOE, NRC, and other regulated capital environments
- Experience with IRA ITC eligibility and compliance tracking
- Startup or high-growth company experience
Technical Stack
- ERP systems
- project cost systems
Team & Environment
Reports to the Director of Project Budgeting and Controls.
Benefits & Compensation
- Flexible time off
- Equity
- Competitive pay
- 401k
- Health insurance
- FSA
- Flexible work hours
- Travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually based on business or team needs
- In-person onboarding for first two weeks at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA
Compensation includes a salary range of $165,000–$205,000. Salary may fall outside of this range depending on applicant experience. Equity is included.
Work Mode
Hybrid role with primary location in Santa Clara, CA. Remote employees are required to travel to headquarters twice per quarter. Flexible work hours are offered.
Candidates should be aware that employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a drug screening, and employees may be subject to drug testing at any time in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.