Senior Cost Engineer - Project Controls Leader

Currie & Brown Holdings; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown Group seeks a Senior Cost Engineer for our client location in San Francisco to provide construction cost expertise. You will support project leaders with estimation, cost planning, procurement, and cost control while mentoring a team to deliver value and maintain high service standards.

Responsibilities include budgeting, change impact analysis, cashflow forecasting, and maintaining project controls tools. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction engineering, quantity surveying, or other relevant degree
• Eight years’ experience in a cost engineer or project controls role on large complex construction projects
• Background in oil and gas, energy projects, industrial process, or pharmaceutical projects is required
• Extensive knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint)
• Proficient using Primavera P6 software
• Good time management, communication and interpersonal skills
• Well-organized, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible

Responsibilities

• Supporting the development and maintenance of budgets and tracking project costs throughout the life of projects
• Supporting change management, estimating impacts of changes and contingency drawdown
• Reviewing monthly cost reporting and budget reconciliation
• Developing risk register and tracking impacts
• Handling cashflow forecasting and monitoring
• Reviewing contractor/consultant invoices
• Developing WBS and cost breakdowns
• Supporting client account management
• Communicating details effectively to internal and external stakeholders including presentations
• Establishing new and maintaining existing project controls tools

Skills

Time management

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction engineering or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

PowerPoint

Job description

Currie & Brown Group seeks a Senior Cost Engineer for our client location in San Francisco to provide construction cost expertise. You will support project leaders with estimation, cost planning, procurement, and cost control while mentoring a team to deliver value and maintain high service standards.

Responsibilities include budgeting, change impact analysis, cashflow forecasting, and maintaining project controls tools. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.