# Sr. Cost Control Engineer at Mariana Minerals

- Company: Mariana Minerals
- What the company does: Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. Backed by Khosla and a16z.
- Company website: https://marianaminerals.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Houston, TX
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $180K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-21
- Apply by: 2026-12-05
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/marianaminerals/df7ffd54-19c9-4922-bc46-9efff39ed2a7?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mariana-minerals-sr-cost-control-engineer/

## About the role

We are hiring a Cost Control Engineer to own the cost baseline, the forecast, and change control on Mariana's capital projects. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Education. BS in engineering, construction management, finance, or a related field
- Experience. 5–12 years of project cost control on capital projects in mining, minerals, refining, chemicals, power, or heavy civil. Senior candidates will have owned cost on a project above $100M total installed cost
- Earned value in practice. You have applied earned value management on a live project, not only in training, and can describe where it broke down
- Systems. Hands-on with a project cost management system such as EcoSys, InEight, Prism, or Procore, and with an ERP such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite
- Data fluency. Advanced Excel, plus SQL, Power BI, or Python at a level where you build your own reporting instead of requesting it
- Change discipline. You have run a trend and change management process end to end and can say what you would do differently

Tags: Project & Construction Management

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mariana-minerals-sr-cost-control-engineer/