Senior Cost Engineer: ERP & Project Forecasting Leader

PC Construction Company; South Burlington (VT); On-site; USD 95,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company stock

Profit-sharing bonus

Employee ownership

Job summary

PC Construction is seeking a Senior Cost Engineer to lead job cost and project financials in a construction setting. You will act as a power user for ERP and project management tools, partnering with project teams and Owners to ensure accurate forecasts and compliant billing.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with at least five years of relevant experience, demonstrated decision-making, communication, and self-motivation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with relevant construction experience.
• 5+ years in financial, business, or related roles in construction.
• Strong decision-making and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve change management processes.
• Set up contract change PCI markup rules per standards.
• Develop and deliver training on change management and PCIs.
• Review and post contract PCIs per markup rules and Owner Contract.
• Review and post Owner change orders.
• Create queries and reports in system analytics tools.
• Support estimates-to-complete and forecast accuracy for management.
• Participate in monthly project review meetings.
• Provide forecasting best-practices training.
• Set up billing defaults for projects in the billing system.
• Lead meetings with project teams and Owner reps on billing formats.
• Prepare and maintain bill rate tables.
• Process GL charges on all projects.
• Train project teams on billing system.
• Develop and improve standard job cost processes and procedures.
• Create job cost budgets from estimates with project-specific exceptions.
• Set up jobs to integrate ERP processes and reporting.
• Provide training on job cost system.
• Review and process budget changes submitted by Project Managers.
• Review monthly job reports and perform analysis.
• Respond to job cost-related help requests.
• Support risk management and compliance for subcontracts and POs.
• Supervise Job Cost Engineers and Leadership Development Program participants.
• Assign and prioritize tasks to reports.
• Advise leaders on innovation strategies.
• Identify root causes of recurring problems.
• Collaborate to develop integrated project administration systems.
• Maintain catalog of project management processes.
• Review new tools to maximize production and efficiency.

Skills

Decision making

Partnership building

Communication skills

Time management

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

Project management software

Job description

PC Construction is seeking a Senior Cost Engineer to lead job cost and project financials in a construction setting. You will act as a power user for ERP and project management tools, partnering with project teams and Owners to ensure accurate forecasts and compliant billing.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with at least five years of relevant experience, demonstrated decision-making, communication, and self-motivation.