Change Order Management Analyst - Remote, US

Parsons; Virginia; Remote; USD 88,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid time off

ESOP

401(k)

Life insurance

Flexible work schedules

Holidays

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Change Order Analyst to support the change order process on EPC CMA projects. You will evaluate entitlement, commercial reasonableness, and cost/schedule impacts across contracts, coordinating with project controls, schedulers, legal, and commercial teams.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience in evaluating change orders on large projects, plus strong analytical writing and negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience evaluating construction change orders and commercial impacts on large projects.
• Strong understanding of contract entitlement, cost review, and schedule impact assessment.
• Ability to work with project controls, schedulers, legal and commercial teams.
• Strong analytical writing and negotiation support skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate the change order management process for selected projects.
• Administer change management procedures for EPC CMA changes and evaluate requests for scope, schedule, budget, earned value, and KPI impacts.
• Review change orders submitted by the EPC Contractor or Construction Manager and assess entitlement and commercial reasonableness.
• Implement a formal change order evaluation protocol for each received order.
• Independently verify contractual entitlement to the claimed change based on the applicable EPC Contract or CMA.
• Validate proposed cost impacts using appropriate project controls and cost resources and validate proposed schedule impacts using appropriate schedule resources.
• Prepare written recommendations with supporting documentation for the applicable Project Director of Construction.
• Support the client in ensuring that change orders are properly documented, approved, and communicated to relevant stakeholders.

Skills

Change order management

Contract entitlement analysis

Cost/schedule impact assessment

Stakeholder collaboration

Analytical writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management or related field

Job description

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for a talented Change Order Analyst to join our team!In this role you will support the clients contractual change order process by evaluating entitlement, commercial reasonableness, and cost/schedule impacts of EPC Contract or CMA changes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Oversee and coordinate the change order management process for selected projects.
• Administer change management procedures for EPC Contract or CMA changes and evaluate change requests for scope, schedule, budget, earned value, and KPI impacts.
• Review change orders submitted by the EPC Contractor or Construction Manager and assess entitlement and commercial reasonableness before presenting recommendations to the client.
• Implement a formal change order evaluation protocol for each received change order.
• Independently verify contractual entitlement to the claimed change based on the applicable EPC Contract or CMA.
• Validate proposed cost impacts using appropriate project controls and cost resources and validate proposed schedule impacts using appropriate schedule resources.
• Prepare written recommendations with supporting documentation for the applicable Project Director of Construction.
• Support the client in ensuring that change orders are properly documented, approved, and communicated to relevant stakeholders.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, quantity surveying, business, or related field, or equivalent and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience evaluating construction change orders and commercial impacts on large projects.
• Strong understanding of contract entitlement, cost review, and schedule impact assessment.
• Ability to work closely with project controls, schedulers, legal, and commercial teams.
• Strong analytical writing and negotiation support skills.

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Experience on EPC and/or CMA projects.
• Familiarity with claims avoidance, dispute documentation, and trend analysis.
• Experience supporting owner-side commercial teams.

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!

Salary Range: $88,400.00 - $154,700.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as

• medical
• dental
• vision
• paid time off
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k)
• life insurance
• flexible work schedules
• holidays

to fit your busy lifestyle!

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest.