Hybrid Cost Manager: Construction Project Forecasting

Currie & Brown; Berwick (Columbia County); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote work flexibility

Job summary

Currie & Brown is seeking a Cost Manager for a Berwick, PA project. You will support project leaders in delivering high-quality service, sharing knowledge, and reinforcing innovation across the firm.

The role offers hybrid/remote flexibility and involves interfacing with estimating, procurement, scheduling, and finance teams. Responsibilities include cost reporting, forecasting, and cost control, with collaboration across stakeholders to ensure project success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of estimating and cost control applications.
• Ability to visualize and quantify project requirements.
• Advanced pricing analysis, modeling, and benchmarking skills.
• Excellent time management, prioritization, and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Undertake construction project cost reporting and analysis with interfaces to estimating, procurement, scheduling, and finance.
• Assist and implement cost control, schedule, and progress reporting.
• Monitor cost performance to explain variances from budget.
• Produce accurate cost forecasts at detailed and summary levels.
• Identify early adverse cost trends and recommend corrective actions.
• Forecast final project cost based on actuals vs. budget.
• Support client accounting, invoicing, and PO management.
• Assist with project cost estimates from concept through development stages.
• Maintain and develop cost/estimating tools, methods, and databases.
• Participate in industry benchmarking of project metrics.

Skills

Time management

Communication

Negotiation

Self-management

Collaboration

Quantification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management / Quantity Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Estimating software

Cost control software

Job description

Currie & Brown is seeking a Cost Manager for a Berwick, PA project. You will support project leaders in delivering high-quality service, sharing knowledge, and reinforcing innovation across the firm.

The role offers hybrid/remote flexibility and involves interfacing with estimating, procurement, scheduling, and finance teams. Responsibilities include cost reporting, forecasting, and cost control, with collaboration across stakeholders to ensure project success.