Cost Engineer (Data Centers)

Linesight; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight is seeking a Cost Engineer in Atlanta to join a diverse, collaborative team focused on delivering comprehensive cost management for complex projects.

You will engage in multi-stage cost control, attend design reviews, and support both pre- and post-contract cost activities while building strong relationships with clients and the project team. This role requires proactive communication and the ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction discipline.
• Are chartered or on the path to complete it. We can help.
• Have experience in pre- and post-contract cost management on varied projects.
• Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing.
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines.
• Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun!

Responsibilities

• Attend key meetings and design reviews to monitor progress, actively collaborate on solving problems and communicate impacts to partners
• Participate in site walks with GC, Cost Manager and client PM, assessing progress and identifying potential cost impacts
• Effectively consolidate data to prepare detailed estimates, and ad-hoc cost reports and analyses
• Maintain the project change management logs, with detail focus and accuracy
• Partner with the extended Cost Management team to complete complex client tasks
• Monitor the financial close-out on all projects including settlement of all vendors

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Client relationship building

Education

Degree or equivalent in project management or construction

Chartered or on track to chartered

Job description

Overview

As a Cost Engineer at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

In this role you will:

• Attend key meetings and design reviews to monitor progress, actively collaborate on solving problems and communicate impacts to partners
• Participate in site walks with GC, Cost Manager and client PM, assessing progress and identifying potential cost impacts
• Effectively consolidate data to prepare detailed estimates, and ad-hoc cost reports and analyses
• Maintain the project change management logs, with detail focus and accuracy
• Partner with the extended Cost Management team to complete complex client tasks
• Monitor the financial close-out on all projects including settlement of all vendors

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management or construction discipline
• Are chartered or are on the path to complete it. We can help.
• Have experience in pre- and post-contract cost management on varied projects
• Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines
• Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun!

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

The salary range for this role is between $72,000 and $96,000 but actual salary offered is dependent on experience, skill set and education.

About Us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see you're not like the others. We're different. Unique. It's our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!