LAWA Sr. Cost Engineer; Level III

Senior Cost Engineer (Level III) – Los Angeles World Airport (LAWA)

Pacific Pros is hiring a Senior Cost Engineer (Level III) to represent Los Angeles World Airport (LAWA). The role involves developing and maintaining cost data for the Los Angeles Airport Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP), which covers the APM, ConRAC, RUE, and Auxiliary Curbs projects.

• Monitor project budgets for the multi‑billion‑dollar Capital Improvement Program at Los Angeles World Airports.
• Review and analyze subcontractor invoices, ensuring expenditures are accurately incurred against the appropriate Schedule of Values accounts.
• Prepare job‑costing reports to allocate expenditures against the appropriate WBS numbers, ensuring consistent allocation methodology for commitments and expenditures.
• Perform cost‑to‑complete analysis for all cost elements, considering staffing plans, contract commitments, expenditures to date, change orders, and trends.
• Attend project meetings to provide Project Management with current financial information and trend logs regarding potential impacts to the project budget or forecast.
• Provide progress reporting documents and briefing materials as required, developing creative reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and 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 correctly enter/account these commitments into LAWA’s system.
• Analyze bid award values, change order values, and task order values against current budgets, preparing reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
• Update contract commitments in Prolog, reconcile and analyze actual expenditures, perform budget transfers, monitor trend status, and maintain continuity of WBS structure.
• Coordinate with the LAWA 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 LAWA’s reporting needs and prepare data for required journal vouchers.
• Prepare detailed computer‑generated cost reports, charts, and diagrams; provide analysis and review of cost/budget expenditures; maintain cost control reports; promptly report anticipated cost overages and other unsatisfactory cost elements.
• Maintain liaison with Data Processing to develop support for network calculations, printouts, cost reports, and other cost‑related services.

• 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.
• Ability to develop and manage a progress reporting methodology for complicated design efforts; experience with Progressive GMPs, Design‑Build, and DBFOM delivery methods is desirable.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to understand technical construction programs and communicate progress to both technical and management personnel.
• Self‑starter with a results‑driven focus; proven accuracy, reliability, and completeness in job accomplishment.

• Proficiency with a large‑scale cost reporting system; experience with Prolog highly desirable.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Bluebeam, PM Web, and Prolog databases.
• Experience with cost‑to‑complete analysis and WBS structuring.

• 3+ references from clients.
• US employment authorization without sponsorship.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• A valid driver’s license and compliance with Pacific Pros vehicle policy.
• Potential need to work past regular work shift or various shifts as needed (this is NOT a work‑from‑home position).
• Salaried position based on 40 hours per week at an applicable all‑in labor rate.

• 401(k) and 401(k) matching.
• Competitive salary.
• Dental insurance.
• Health insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Vision insurance.

Mid‑Senior level;
Full‑time, on‑site, salaried position, located in Los Angeles, CA.