Cost Engineer

Title: Sr. Cost Engineer

About the job

Enterris Associates is a trusted full-service consulting firm specializing in program and project management risk analysis and mitigation claims support compliance and dispute resolution. We partner with the public sector and utility clients to drive the successful delivery of complex infrastructure projects. Our advisory services include testing and inspection contract administration and oversight compliance monitoring and comprehensive construction and project management - all tailored to help our clients navigate challenges and achieve their goals with confidence.

Essential Job Duties

Description

The Sr. Cost Engineer reports to the Program Controls Manager. The Sr. Cost Engineer shall be responsible for developing and maintaining cost data for the Program. The Terminal 5 Program covers the full demolition and rebuild of the Terminal 5 headhouse and concourse as well as various enabling scopes to vacate the existing building

Position Description Summary

The successful candidate will have proven cost engineering experience with complex multi-phase multi-million-dollar construction and/or renovation projects.

The general job duties include:

• Prepares detailed computer-generated cost reports charts and diagrams; Provides analysis and review of cost/budget expenditure and maintains cost control reports; Promptly reports anticipated cost overages or other unsatisfactory cost elements; Maintains liaison with Data Processing in developing support for network calculations printouts and cost reports and other cost related services.

Key Identifiers for the Position

• Demonstrated experience managing and reporting the cost components of large- scale complex projects; including developing and managing a progress reporting methodology for a complicated design effort. Experience with Progressive GMPs Design-Build and Construction Management at Risk delivery methods is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to understand technical and complicated construction programs and the ability to communicate progress to both technical- and management-level personnel.
• Ability to work with others a self-starter with results-driven focus.

Duties

• The Cost Engineer duties include but are not limited to the following:
• Monitor project budgets for the multi-billion-dollar Capital Improvement Program at Los Angeles World Airports.
• Review and analyze sub-contractor invoices ensuring expenditures are accurately incurred against appropriate Schedule of Values accounts.
• Prepares job costing reports to allocate these expenditures against the appropriate WBS numbers. Ensure that both commitments and expenditures follow the same allocation methodology.
• Perform cost-to-complete analysis for all cost elements within a project taking into consideration staffing plans contract commitments and expenditures to date change orders and trends.
• Attend project meetings to provide Project Management with current financial information and trend log regarding potential impacts to project budget or forecast.
• Provide progress reporting documents and briefing materials as required. Develop creative reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and/or progress assessments.
• Review task orders for contractors sub-consultants and City of Los Angeles Interdepartmental Orders to ensure necessary budget and/or contract capacity exists and ensure these actual commitments are accurately entered/tracked into clients system of record
• Analyze bid award values against current budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
• Analyze change order values against current contingency budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
• Analyze task order values against current allowance budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
• Prolog - Update contract commitments reconcile and analyze actual expenditures perform budget transfers monitor trend status and maintain continuity of WBS structure.
• Coordinate with client Governance Body to ensure changes to budgets are approved via the Reconciliate Process or Capital Improvement Program Change process.
• Perform Project closeout resourcefully to ensure Prolog Data is complete for clients reporting needs.
• Prepare data to support documentation required journal vouchers for budget transfers.

Hardware/Software Knowledge

• Demonstrated proficiency with a large-scale cost reporting system is required; experience with Prolog is highly desirable.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Bluebeam.

Qualifications

Required Qualification:- Years of Experience/Education/Certificates/Training:

• Ten (10) years or more of cost engineering experience directly related to construction projects preferably aviation projects.
• Experience managing a team of cost engineers.
• Demonstrated experience managing and reporting the cost components of large-scale complex projects; including developing and managing a progress reporting methodology for a complicated design effort.
• Experience with Design-Build and Construction Management at Risk delivery methods is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to understand technical and complicated construction program and the ability to communicate progress to both technical- and management-level personnel.
• Ability to work with others a self-starter with results-driven focus. Proven accuracy reliability and completeness in job accomplishment.

Education/Training

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management or other related field required
• Certifications may include PMP PE and/or any other relevant Professional Licensure or Certification. Required cost engineer certification i.e. CCE CCP.

Wage Requirement

• Starting Salary range for this job is $158300.00- $191600.00. The starting salary will be commensurate with skill education experience and working environment

Benefits

• Enterris Associates offers an industry-leading benefit package including health dental vision and life insurance 401(k) with employer match paid time off.

Work Environment

• This job operates in a professional environment and uses standard equipment such as computers and phones.

Physical Demands

• Be able to sit and/or stand for up to 8 hours per day.
• Demonstrate the ability to move freely for up to 8 hours per day.

Solicitation

• Please no solicitation of any kind from staffing agencies or recruiting firms.

EEO Statement

• All skilled applicants will be considered regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.