Change & Trend Engineer for Construction Programs

System One; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking a Change Management / Trend Engineer to proactively identify, evaluate, and track cost and schedule trends across large-scale construction programs in The Woodlands, TX. You will manage the change lifecycle and coordinate with cost, scheduling, and contracts teams to mitigate exposures.

The ideal candidate has strong experience in change management, trend analysis, and EPC contracts, with advanced Excel and data management skills to maintain registers and forecasts and

Qualifications

• Strong change management background with proven experience in tracking cost and schedule trends.
• Understanding of the change lifecycle, baseline, and budget management.
• Experience evaluating cost impacts and contractor change orders.
• Good understanding of EPC contracts, change provisions, notice requirements, and approval authorities.
• Strong Excel and data management skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and track emerging cost and schedule trends arising from design development, scope changes, field conditions, contractor claims, procurement changes, and productivity issues.
• Manage the full change lifecycle: trend notification, evaluation, approval, change order execution, and incorporation into budgets and forecasts.
• Establish and maintain change and trend registers with scope descriptions, cost estimates, schedule impacts, status, ownership, and documentation.
• Evaluate financial impact of changes by reviewing contractor estimates, validating quantities and rates, and coordinating with Cost Engineering and Estimating.
• Work with Scheduling and Construction to assess schedule impacts, including critical path exposure, delay, acceleration, and sequencing changes.
• Assess proposed changes against scope definitions, approved budgets, and contract baselines to distinguish legitimate scope changes from design evolution and contractor obligations.
• Review contractor change requests, validate supporting documentation, identify duplicate or unsupported costs, and coordinate commercial and technical evaluations.
• Coordinate with Cost Engineering so approved changes, pending changes, and potential trends are reflected in forecasts and EAC with clear exposure visibility.
• Work with Contracts and Commercial teams on change provisions, notice requirements, and entitlement, without assuming contractual approval authority.
• Provide early visibility of exposure to project leadership; make preliminary assessments and refine them as information develops.
• Challenge unsupported requests and follow up with stakeholders to drive changes to resolution.

Skills

Change management

Trend management

Cost engineering

Project controls

EPC contracts

Excel

Data management

Tools

Excel

Job description

System One is seeking a Change Management / Trend Engineer to proactively identify, evaluate, and track cost and schedule trends across large-scale construction programs in The Woodlands, TX. You will manage the change lifecycle and coordinate with cost, scheduling, and contracts teams to mitigate exposures.

The ideal candidate has strong experience in change management, trend analysis, and EPC contracts, with advanced Excel and data management skills to maintain registers and forecasts and