Cost Engineer

Responsibilities

• Monitor project budgets and review and analyze sub-contractor invoices.
• Prepare job costing reports to allocate expenditures against the appropriate WBS numbers.
• Perform cost-to-complete analysis for all cost elements within a project, considering staffing plans, contract commitments, and expenditures to date, change orders, and trends.
• Attend project meetings to provide Project Management with current financial information and trend logs regarding potential impacts to the project budget or forecast.
• Provide progress reporting documents and briefing materials as required.
• Develop creative reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and/or progress assessments.
• Review task orders for contractors and sub-consultants to ensure necessary budget and/or contract capacity exists.
• Analyze bid award values and change orders against current budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
• Update contract commitments, reconcile and analyze actual expenditures, perform budget transfers, monitor trend status, and maintain continuity of WBS structure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or related field.
• 5 years or more cost engineering experience directly related to construction projects, preferably rail/transit projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing and reporting the cost components of large-scale, complex projects.
• Demonstrated proficiency with a large-scale cost reporting system.
• Demonstrated ability to understand technical and complicated construction programs and communicate progress to both technical- and management-level personnel.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $100,000 - $200,000. The offered salary will be based on the applicant's qualifications, education, experience, and work location.

Schedule

Details on the schedule are not specified in the job posting.

About the Role

Hill International is seeking a Cost Engineer in Seattle, Washington. Hill International, with more than 4,300+ professionals in over 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as one of the largest program management firms in the world. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com. Hill is exclusively a program, project, and construction management provider, meaning we have one focus as a company: protecting client interests. Free of any potential conflicts, our entire business is geared towards helping clients achieve their desired outcomes. We are dedicated to exceeding expectations throughout the entire construction project lifecycle and adapt to the needs of each assignment to develop tailored approaches and solutions to meet those needs. Hill is a GISI Consulting Group company, part of the Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GISI) family of companies. Learn more about GISI Consulting Group at www.gisiconsulting.com. Hill International is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled.