Sr Cost SpecialistCost Controls Supervisor

Overview

• Benefits: 401(k), Dental insurance, Employee discounts, Health insurance, Paid time off, Training & development, Vision insurance, Wellness resources

If you like to innovate, are self-reliant with a strategic mind and forward-thinking solutions approach and interested in giving your full potential and grow with us, this position may be for you. We are looking for a proactive, independent and experienced Sr Cost Specialist with experience with complex, multi-phase, multi-million-dollar infrastructure construction projects. The successful candidate will have proven cost engineering experience with complex, multi-phase, multi-million dollar construction projects.

Responsibilities include:

preparing detailed computer generated cost estimates for infrastructure projects, reports, charts and diagrams; providing analysis and review of cost/budget expenditure and maintaining cost control reports; promptly reporting anticipated cost overages or other unsatisfactory cost elements; maintaining liaison with Data Processing in developing support for network calculations, printouts and cost reports, and other cost related services.

• Prepares detailed computer generated cost estimates for infrastructure projects, 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.
• Develop and maintain project budgets/baselines, short- and long-term forecasts, and expenditure plans for assigned major and/or multi-year project(s) and/or programs.
• Develop the aggregation, reconciliation, and update to the budget(s), forecast(s) and spending plan(s) according to jurisdiction splits, asset types, cost drivers, and funding sources.
• Create and maintain a risk register; evaluate level of contingency needed using appropriate methods (e.g. Monte Carlo analysis).
• Perform complex and detailed research, updates, and data gathering/analysis in areas of cost controls (e.g. budget, actual, commitment, contingency, earned value, cost per unit, cost impact analysis).
• Prepare and present results, alternatives, and/or recommendations to support business decisions, to manage project costs and schedules, and to mitigate potential risks to major and/or multi-year project(s) and/or programs.
• Involve and support change control and contract negotiation/claim management.
• Support the implementation, analysis, and reporting of performance using industry metrics (e.g., earned value management).
• Collaborate with stakeholders and utilize applicable estimating, cost management, and/or scheduling knowledge, techniques, and tools to determine and communicate the results (e.g., trend, variance, and cost impact).
• Collaborate with and obtain data/information from various project stakeholders (e.g. project managers, functional managers, discipline leads, and team members) in a matrixed organizational structure.
• Ability to communicate effectively, maintain positive working relationships, and exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with multiple parties.

• Required:
  
  7+ years’ experience in cost controls/management
• Required:
  
  Demonstrated experience in Project Management, Project Controls, and/or Construction Management, or equivalent experience
• Required:
  
  Experience using Microsoft software (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio) and SAP or similar Enterprise Resource Solutions application.
• Required:
  
  Experience with Project Controls software (e.g. Project, Primavera and Contract Manager)
• Preferred:
  Utility construction, CA regulated, regulatory, and EPC experience
• Preferred:
  Knowledge and experience in contract negotiation/management, handling/reviewing claims, and processing/managing change orders.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or other related field required
• Flexible work from home options available.