Cost Engineer - Rail & Transit Budgeting & Forecasting

Talentify; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(K) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Hill International is seeking a Cost Engineer to support Seattle-area rail/transit construction projects. The role focuses on monitoring budgets, analyzing sub-contractor invoices, and producing detailed cost reports against WBS numbers.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management and 5+ years of cost engineering experience with large, complex projects. Strong communication skills are essential for informing technical and management stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management or related field.
• 5 years or more cost engineering experience directly related to construction projects, preferably rail/transit projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing and reporting the cost components of large-scale, complex projects.
• Demonstrated proficiency with a large-scale cost reporting system.
• Demonstrated ability to understand technical and complicated construction program and the ability to communicate progress to both technical- and management-level personnel.

Responsibilities

• Monitor project budgets and review and analyze sub-contractor invoices.
• Prepare job costing reports to allocate these expenditures against the appropriate WBS numbers.
• Perform cost-to-complete analysis for all cost elements within a project taking into consideration staffing plans, contract commitments, and expenditures to date, change orders and trends.
• Attend project meetings to provide Project Management with current financial information and trend log regarding potential impacts to project budget or forecast.
• Provide progress reporting documents and briefing materials as required.
• Develop creative reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and/or progress assessments.
• Review task orders for contractors and sub-consultants to ensure necessary budget and/or contract capacity exists.
• Analyze bid award values and change orders against current budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
• Update contract commitments, reconcile and analyze actual expenditures, perform budget transfers, monitor trend status and maintain continuity of WBS structure.

Skills

Cost engineering

Budget management

Cost reporting

Communication

Construction knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management or related field

Job description

Hill International is seeking a Cost Engineer to support Seattle-area rail/transit construction projects. The role focuses on monitoring budgets, analyzing sub-contractor invoices, and producing detailed cost reports against WBS numbers.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management and 5+ years of cost engineering experience with large, complex projects. Strong communication skills are essential for informing technical and management stakeholders.