Senior Cost Engineer – Change Management & Forecasting

Decimainternational

Corsicana (TX)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Decima International in Corsicana, TX, seeks a Senior Cost Engineer - Change Management and Forecasting to lead cost evaluations for large data center projects. You will manage change pricing, forecasts, and risk exposure, coordinating with project teams and the Contracts group.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in cost engineering, strong Excel and ERP experience (SAP/Oracle), and a track record with capital projects. This on-site role offers competitive pay and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

8+ years of progressive experience in construction cost engineering, change management, forecasting, cost control, project controls, or related disciplines.
Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Engineering Management, or related technical field.
Hands-on experience evaluating construction changes and maintaining forecasts on large capital projects.
Strong knowledge of change, trend, and contingency management; cost forecasting; variance analysis; and EAC development.
Ability to independently evaluate contractor submissions and identify scope gaps, unsupported or duplicated costs, incomplete documentation, and commercially unreasonable assumptions.
Experience maintaining change-order, trend, contingency, allowance, exposure, and forecast records and incorporating risk-weighted pending or unresolved changes into forecasts.
Understanding of how design development, field conditions, procurement, schedule movement, sequencing, and risk affect project costs and forecasts.
Strong commercial judgment, communication, analysis, organization, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with SAP, Oracle, EcoSys, Unifier, Power BI, or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

Evaluate and forecast changes including PCOs, change orders, construction change directives, contractor proposals, trends, and emerging cost events.
Review scope, quantities, labor rates, materials, equipment, subcontractor quotations, markups, productivity assumptions, and supporting documentation; identify scope gaps, duplicate or unsupported costs, inaccurate quantities, excessive markups, unreasonable assumptions, and incomplete backup.
Develop independent cost assessments, comparisons, and recommendations to support change negotiations, project leadership, and the Contracts team.
Track changes from identification through evaluation, approval, forecast incorporation, and resolution; maintain auditable change-order, trend, contingency, allowance, exposure, and forecast records.
Develop approved and risk-adjusted inputs for project budgets, commitments, cash flow, contingency, and EAC, including pending changes, unresolved scope, construction risk, procurement exposure, escalation, and anticipated costs.
Apply probability, value, timing, and financial impact to unresolved exposure; analyze change-related EAC movement and explain key drivers, assumptions, risks, and recommended actions.
Monitor contingency utilization, recommend event-specific drawdowns, and confirm contractor forecasts appropriately reflect changes, remaining scope, schedule impacts, and unresolved exposure.
Assess cost impacts from design development, scope clarification, field conditions, sequencing, delays, acceleration, disruption, and procurement; coordinate with scheduling and project controls on duration-related costs and extended general conditions.
Provide controlled change and forecast inputs to the Senior Cost Engineer, Cost Control and Reporting; prepare management reports and presentations and elevate material exposure, forecast movement, documentation gaps, and unresolved issues.
Coordinate with project management, construction, engineering, design, procurement, contracts, scheduling, finance, project controls, and contractors; support claims, allowance reconciliation, unresolved changes, final account closeout, and other assigned duties.