Senior Project Controller, Fuel

About the role

We are seeking a disciplined, analytical, and commercially minded Project Controller to support capital project delivery across Oklo’s Fuel business unit and supporting infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 through partnership with the Capital Cost Management team.
• Own monthly project financial reporting packages and executive-ready project narratives.
• Support the preparation of materials for senior leadership reviews as required.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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.
• Prowess in identifying and quantifying cost and schedule risk.
• Proven ability to work closely with cross-functional project teams.
• Clear and concise communication skills.

Bonus Qualifications

• 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.

Qualifications

• Comfortable operating in constructive tension with project leadership to protect long-term project performance.
• Confident presenting independent project performance positions to senior stakeholders.
• Courageous in raising uncomfortable financial and performance truths early.
• High personal accountability for forecast accuracy and financial transparency.
• Detail-oriented and disciplined in financial analysis.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving project environment.
• Willing to challenge assumptions constructively.
• Collaborative and team-oriented while maintaining independent judgment.
• Adequate communication skills.
• Experience with creative problem-solving.
• Experience with detail-oriented work.

Skills

• Project Controls
• Cost Control Processes
• Forecasting
• Earned Value
• Schedule Integration
• Financial Analysis
• ERP Systems
• Contractor Reporting
• Risk Management
• Reporting and Insights
• Vendor Oversight
• Corporate Financial Integration

Benefits

Flexible Time Off

• Equity
• Bonuses
• Competitive Pay
• 401(k)
• Health Insurance (with employer contribution)
• HSA
• FSA
• Flexible Work Hours
• Wellness Credits

Pay

$150,000 - $200,000 Salary

• May fall outside of the range provided and will be dependent on applicant experience.

Schedule

Remote employees are required to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings. For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.