Capital Projects Cost Analyst — Onsite (San Jose)

Hill International, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

EAP

Life Insurance

Accident Insurance

Commuter Benefits

Job summary

Hill International, Inc. seeks a Cost Analyst in San Jose, California to prepare cost reports, monitor budgets, and support capital project delivery. The role involves coordinating with project managers, reviewing progress payments, and maintaining project controls tools.

The position requires 2–5 years in cost engineering within construction, a relevant degree, and is onsite in San Jose. Salary ranges from $90,000 to $104,000 with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university, preferably with major work in engineering, construction management, architecture, or a related field.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in cost engineering as applied to engineering and construction projects.
• Position is full-time onsite in San Jose, CA

Responsibilities

• Prepares cost reports, schedule, and other reports to support and drive capital project delivery.
• Effectively utilize WBS structures to organize scope-based activities and their associated budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasted costs.
• Understand budget appropriation/contract authority vs. secured/committed funds.
• Work closely with project managers and other stakeholders to understand scope, prepare capital project requests, monitor progress and update reports.
• Reviews consultant and contractor progress payments to ensure consistency with organization and/or project management policies and procedures.
• Assists in the development of policies and procedures for cost control, reporting and scheduling.
• Maintain various project controls/reporting tools like staffing plans and related databases, financial reports and project schedules.
• Work as liaison between project delivery and various other divisions and departments within the organization.
• Understand project status, next steps, challenges and prepare various reports including grant reports.
• Understand and communicate project fund sources and their eligibilities.
• Ability to understand project details and relate them to higher level programs and agency requirements, goals, and objectives.
• Work as a Change Control Board coordinator and manage Construction Change Order review and routing.

Skills

Cost reporting

Budgeting

WBS understanding

Stakeholder communication

Project controls

Change control

Education

Engineering/Construction management/Architecture degree

Job description

Hill International, Inc. seeks a Cost Analyst in San Jose, California to prepare cost reports, monitor budgets, and support capital project delivery. The role involves coordinating with project managers, reviewing progress payments, and maintaining project controls tools.

The position requires 2–5 years in cost engineering within construction, a relevant degree, and is onsite in San Jose. Salary ranges from $90,000 to $104,000 with comprehensive benefits.