Senior Project Cost Engineer – Budget & Forecast

Sky Mavis; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sky Mavis is seeking a Senior Project Cost Engineer to support the development and management of the project cost strategy. You will work with the project management team to manage budgets, costs, change orders, pricing requests, billings and forecasts.

Travel to serve the Southeast Region is required. A Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Engineering, or Construction Management and a minimum of four years in the construction industry are required; PMP certification would be ideal.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or Construction Management.
• Minimum of 4 years in the construction industry.
• Knowledge of project development stages, procurement, project controls and construction execution practices.
• Working knowledge of PMWeb or similar project portfolio management software, data serve, Excel, JDE, etc.
• PMP certification would be ideal.

Responsibilities

• 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 requests of change orders, 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 correct integration of information for billings, payment applications, change orders, direct cost, labor cost, etc.
• Collaborates with project management team, executives, subcontractors, and clients as appropriate.
• Performs cost engineering, cost estimation, cost analysis, and control activities for projects with significant non-routine requirements or for proposal estimating.

Skills

Cost engineering

Cost control

Cost estimation

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or Construction Management

Tools

PMWeb

Excel

JDE

Job description

Sky Mavis is seeking a Senior Project Cost Engineer to support the development and management of the project cost strategy. You will work with the project management team to manage budgets, costs, change orders, pricing requests, billings and forecasts.

Travel to serve the Southeast Region is required. A Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Engineering, or Construction Management and a minimum of four years in the construction industry are required; PMP certification would be ideal.