Position Summary:
The Cost Engineer is responsible maintaining a true and accurate cost structure and coordinating reporting elements key to developing accurate cost reports. This is an interface between project management, cost management and accounting.
Responsibilities:
- Comply with (and actively promote) all Safety policies and procedures including reporting all accidents, incidents and near-misses to ensure adherence to our Number One Core Value - Safety first, in everything we do.
- Review project features with Estimating department and ensure that work quantities are being entered correctly on a daily basis.
- Verify proper coding for phases, hours, and slips.
- Close out the completed project phases and verify progress entries.
- Conduct monthly cost review meeting with project team.
- Assign and initiate new cost codes for change orders, tracking items and back charges as required.
- Verify pencil sheets / pay requisitions.
- Take the lead in developing quarterly cost to complete reports.
- Review and process change orders for TMC and subcontractors / vendors.
- Review and process cost adjustments.
- Identify items that are exceeding the budget and communicate to Project Manager.
- Assist project management team with quarterly reports for contract status, contract profit, unit cost report, cost projections, revenue projects, change order status and change order costs.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering or related field and / or minimum of 5 years of heavy civil construction experience
- Experience working with project management and a thorough knowledge of heavy construction logistics, resource planning, construction sequencing and material management preferred.
- Familiar with a variety of the field construction concepts practices, and procedures.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Viewpoint Accounting and Job Costing System is desirable.
Necessary Attributes:
- Must possess the ability to adapt to different personalities and management styles.
- Attention to detail, organization prioritization and the ability to handle multiple tasks is required.
- Team player and with strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Must possess strong technology skills.
- Self-starter with good verbal and written communication skills.
- Reliance on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Dedicated and hard working.
- Strong commitment to success of all.
- Possess a strong work ethic.
- Demonstrate the upmost professionalism in how you represent yourself.
- Show quality in everything you do.
- Lead with integrity while producing high quality work.
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