Construction Costing & BOM Specialist

Specialized Recruiting Group - Charlotte, NC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Specialized Recruiting Group is hiring a Costing Specialist for a construction firm client in Charlotte. This role focuses on maintaining BOM and cost data, ensuring accuracy, audit readiness, and support for estimating, procurement, and operations.

Responsibilities include data validation, cross‑functional coordination, and producing cost reports and dashboards to aid leadership decision‑making. Strong Excel and ERP experience are required.

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, business or related field preferred.
• Minimum 3 years in construction costing, estimating or data coordination.
• Strong Excel skills including pivot tables, VLOOKUP and formulas.
• Experience with ERP, costing or estimating platforms (Sage, Viewpoint, NetSuite).
• Familiarity with Bluebeam or PDF markup tools.

Responsibilities

• Create, update, and maintain BOM and Piece Rate databases with accurate data.
• Ensure version control, consistency, and audit readiness for cost data.
• Implement quality control to validate data accuracy and resolve discrepancies.
• Coordinate with Estimating, Purchasing and Field Compliance teams to align data.
• Distribute updated materials lists, labor rate sheets, and other documents to stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary contact for cost data updates and inquiries.
• Support estimating teams by supplying detailed cost information for bids.
• Develop cost reports, dashboards, and summaries for leadership.
• Analyze labor cost trends to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Provide job costing reports coordinating material and labor with internal reporting.
• Use Excel, BOLT, SAGE, PDF markup tools to input and report data.
• Recommend process improvements to increase efficiency.
• Document SOPs for database and costing workflows.

Skills

Excel skills

Pivot tables

VLOOKUP

Formulas

Education

Degree in Construction Management/Engineering/Business

Tools

Sage

Viewpoint

NetSuite

Bluebeam

Adobe PDF markup

Job description

The Specialized Recruiting Group is hiring a Costing Specialist for a construction firm client in Charlotte. This role focuses on maintaining BOM and cost data, ensuring accuracy, audit readiness, and support for estimating, procurement, and operations.

Responsibilities include data validation, cross‑functional coordination, and producing cost reports and dashboards to aid leadership decision‑making. Strong Excel and ERP experience are required.