Senior Cost Engineer - Aldelia

Job Description

To support the business to manage cost on its projects to achieve budgeted bottom line results

Main Tasks

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Monitor project budgets.
• Drive the implement of a cost management tools and software on existing and new
  projects.
• 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 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 and sub-consultants to ensure necessary budget
  and/or contract capacity exists.
• Analyze bid award and change order values against current budget on projects and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
• To effectively perform the essential functions of the job, candidates must meet the following position specifications:
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in related field, preferred

Experience:

5 to 10-years cost engineering experience with minimum, 3 to 5-years in direct involvement with an active construction project within a contractor organization.

Full professional society member in related field

Skills

• Demonstrated experience managing and reporting the cost components of large-scale construction projects; including developing and managing a progress reporting methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to understand technical and complicated construction program and costing, and the ability to communicate progress to both technical and management level personnel.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness
• Thorough familiarity and proficiency with MS Office Suite software applications (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Ability to work with others. 
• Self-starter with results-driven focus.
• Capability to assume additional responsibilities.
• Proven accuracy, reliability and completeness in job accomplishment.
• Demonstrated success on the job, as evidenced by satisfactory performance, acceptance of responsibility and growth in previous position.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate complex issues to a non-technical