Cost Analyst - Baltimore

About the Role

Acts as subject matter expert on Client, Consultant, and Trade contractual terms and conditions.

Responsibilities

• Set up, negotiate, enforce, and educate on various contracts for a project, Business Unit, or Region.
• Support Business Development with contract review and negotiations as required.
• Support Purchasing, Estimating, and Operations Departments with special contract needs or exceptions to standard agreements.
• Ensure the project(s) follows the contract and maintains proper documentation.
• Advise Project Manager (PM), Senior Project Manager (SPM), or Project Executive (PX) on staff requirements for contract compliance.
• Respond to all letters within 24 hours (48 hours maximum) or as required by contract.
• Ensure documentation consistency (e.g., transmittals, RFIs, emails) with contract requirements.
• Train, advise, and track compliance of correspondence with contract requirements.
• Read and determine staff action required on all incoming letters.
• Establish workflows for key processes to ensure contract compliance efficiently.
• Strategize position and response on contract issues with project leadership.
• Consult with in-house or legal counsel at project startup and periodically throughout the project.
• Assist in resolution of code interpretation discrepancies as required.
• Write and/or review all letters with factual assistance from others as needed.
• Develop tools to track and address issues for current and future purposes.
• Communicate general direction and company position on issues to staff.
• Attend Senior Staff Meetings and provide updates on progress and issues.
• Assess and recommend process changes to reduce waste and inefficiency.
• Educate, mentor, and train others to advance project team, Business Unit, and/or Region skills.

Requirements

• At least four years of formal engineering or architectural training.
• At least ten years of building construction experience and/or a legal position focused on construction law.
• Adequate knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing, and engineering principles and techniques.
• Extensive understanding of construction contract law.
• Strong knowledge of construction methods, materials, their characteristics, installation procedures, and tolerances.
• Demonstrated management know-how, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate well in English both verbally and in writing.

Physical Demands

• Ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, use construction personnel hoists, climb ladders, and negotiate work areas under construction.
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Sit, talk, hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Work Environment

• Regularly works on-site at construction work sites exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock.
• Noise levels usually moderate to very loud.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $93,000.00 - $114,000.00 USD annualized.

Benefits

• Flexible benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Financial benefits: 401(k) plan, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account.
• Wellness benefits and a voluntary legal plan.
• Identity theft protection, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Paid vacation, wellness/sick time, holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonuses, and end-of-year appreciation pay.