Cost Manager

Overview of Role

The Cost Manager provides cost management services including invoice validation, cost forecasting and reporting, change management, close out administration, procurement management, earned value and value engineering. The Cost Manager should have the ability to identify opportunities within a project that will add value and help successfully accomplish the client’s desired project outcome.

Essential Functions

• Prepares and issues periodic cost reports to senior technical staff
• Preparation of construction related cost estimates, cost plans, and cost strategies
• Reviews the cash flow prepared by junior technical staff and issues to senior technical staff
• Reviews all change orders in accordance with the client’s approval process
• Reviews all invoices for the project and ensures that junior technical staff codes the invoices where applicable and forwards them to the client’s accounts payable department
• Provides procurement services for the client, where applicable, for construction and engineering services, including preparing RFP and bid analysis
• Overviews and reports to the client on contractor buyout of subcontract bid packages
• Attends the bi-weekly cost meetings to review procurement status and change order status with the contractors and engineering teams
• Provides cost information on value engineering analysis
• Carry out an earned value analysis of the project on a periodic basis
• Reviews the contractors close out administration and ensures that they meet their contractual requirements
• Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication
• Contributes to and understands the clients desired project outcomes, identifies opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes
• Adds to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Quantity Surveying, or a related field, plus four years or relevant experience
• Highly articulate, have clear and analytical approach to problem solving, and strong decision-making abilities
• People management experience
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Thoroughly understand and utilize Excel

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Indoor office environment
• May require work on site location when necessary
• Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines
• Essential physical tasks include: Ability to work on a computer and the ability to answer and speak on a telephone

Benefits

RLB is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.