Data Center Change & Trend Engineer

Pathfinder L L C; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Pathfinder L L C seeks a Change Management / Trend Engineer for a full-time role in Houston, TX. The position focuses on proactively identifying, evaluating, tracking, and managing cost and schedule trends on Data Centers construction programs.

Responsibilities include maintaining change and trend registers, evaluating financial impacts, coordinating with Cost Engineering and Estimating, and ensuring timely forecasts. Strong Excel, contract understanding, and lifecycle knowledge are required.

Qualifications

• Strong change management and trend tracking on large-scale construction projects.
• Experience with cost engineering, budgets and baseline control.
• Knowledge of EPC contracts and change provisions.
• Proficient data management and Excel 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, including scope descriptions, cost estimates, schedule impacts, status, ownership, approval requirements and supporting documentation.
• Evaluate the financial impact of changes: review contractor estimates, validate quantities and rates, identify cost exposure and coordinate 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 and no double counting.
• 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

Cost engineering

Project controls

Data center construction

Excel proficiency

Scheduling awareness

Contract understanding

Job description

Pathfinder L L C seeks a Change Management / Trend Engineer for a full-time role in Houston, TX. The position focuses on proactively identifying, evaluating, tracking, and managing cost and schedule trends on Data Centers construction programs.

Responsibilities include maintaining change and trend registers, evaluating financial impacts, coordinating with Cost Engineering and Estimating, and ensuring timely forecasts. Strong Excel, contract understanding, and lifecycle knowledge are required.