Senior Cost Engineer

Clayco; South Bend (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

401k

Generous PTO

Paid holidays

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Learning & development

Job summary

Clayco is seeking a Senior Project Cost Engineer to help shape the financial strategy of complex projects across North America. You will partner with project management to manage budgets, costs, change orders, billings, and forecasts, delivering accurate reports, and supporting risk analysis.

The role requires a Bachelor's in a relevant field, 3–5 years cost experience, and construction industry knowledge. Proficiency with PMWeb, DataServ, Excel or JD Edwards is expected; travel will be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or Construction Management, or related degree.
• 3–5 years of Project Cost experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in the construction industry.
• Knowledge of project development stages, procurement, project controls, and construction execution practices is required.
• Proficiency with PMWeb, DataServ, Excel, JD Edwards or related software programs.

Responsibilities

• Work with all project disciplines to ensure understanding of total project cost budget allowances and targets.
• Review project documents and specifications to identify, develop and track change orders and baseline estimates.
• Coordinate with accounting to ensure accurate billings, payment applications, and change orders.
• Collaborate with project management, executives, subcontractors, and clients as needed.
• Provide cost engineering, estimation, analysis, and control activities for complex projects.

Skills

Problem-solving

Results-oriented

Customer commitments

Education

Bachelor degree in Business Administration/Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

PMWeb

DataServ

Excel

JD Edwards

Job description

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $5.8 billion in revenue for 2023, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects.

The Role We Want You For

As a Senior Project Cost Engineer, you will assist in the development and management of the project financial strategy. You will be working directly with the project management team to manage the project budget, costs, change orders, pricing requests, billings, and forecasts. You will be responsible for generating and maintaining reports that provide information to different groups, work with the management team to identify variances, risks and maintain quality control processes to improve project cost procedures and ensuring conformity with management's strategy.

The Specifics of the Role

• Works with all project disciplines to ensure understanding of total project cost budget allowances and targets.
• Review project documents and specifications to accurately identify, develop and track request of change orders (owner and subcontractor related), baseline estimates, potential risk exposures while communicating potential impacts to the financial targets, schedule, and overall project management process.
• Works closely with the accounting department to ensure the correct integration of all information needed to ensure accuracy in billings, payment applications, change orders, direct cost, labor cost, etc.
• Works closely with the project management team, executive management personnel, subcontractors, as well as occasional contact with clients.
• Responsible for cost engineering, cost estimation, cost analysis, and control activities for projects with significant non-routine requirements or for proposal estimating activities which require a moderate degree of technical skill and experience.
• Ensuring quality, accuracy, consistency, spend profile, performing change management, and transparency in all cost management deliverables.
• Take ownership of the cost control function and ensure integrity of the cost and forecast reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or Construction Management, or related degree.
• 3-5 years of Project Cost experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in the construction industry.
• Knowledge of project development stages, procurement, project controls, and construction execution practices is required.
• Working knowledge of applicable computer software such as PMWeb or similar project portfolio management software, DataServ, Excel, JD Edwards, or related software programs.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Results oriented and deliver on customer commitments.

Some Things You Should Know

• Our clients and projects are nationwide - Travel will be required.
• No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does.
• We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs.
• The pace is fast!

Why Clayco?

• Best Places to Work - St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, Phoenix Business Journal.
• ENR - Top Midwest Contractors (#1), Top Design Build Contractors (#4), Top 400 Contractors (#20), ENR - Top Green Builders (#5).

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive Annual Salary: Based on qualifications, skills, training, experience, and location.
• Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company performance and individual contribution.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more