Sr. Cost Engineer

Company:  E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Location: Los Angeles
Closing Date: 03/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
About the Organization:
E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. (E2) is a professional services firm established in 1988 specializing in a full spectrum of engineering services including, project engineering and design, federal base operations and infrastructure support services, gas pipeline construction and inspection services, environmental consulting and remediation, and information technology services. At E2, we value safety, innovation and collaboration, and we are dedicated to excellence.

Overview:
The Sr. Cost Engineer reports to the Program Controls Manager. The Sr. Cost Engineer shall be responsible for developing and maintaining cost data for new construction and renovation work, as required for Development & Improvement Program projects. These projects may include but are not limited to: Improvement projects, Service Improvement projects, Development projects and Asset Renewal. The successful candidate will have proven cost engineering experience with complex, multi-phase, multi-million-dollar construction and/or renovation projects. The general job duties include: Prepares detailed computer generated cost reports, charts and diagrams; Provides analysis and review of cost/budget expenditure and maintains cost control reports; Promptly reports anticipated cost overages or other unsatisfactory cost elements; Maintains liaison with Data Processing in developing support for network calculations, printouts and cost reports, and other cost related services.

Responsibilities:
Key Identifiers

Demonstrated experience managing and reporting the cost components of large-scale, complex projects; including developing and managing a progress reporting methodology for a complicated design effort.

Experience with Design-Build and Construction Management at Risk delivery methods is desirable

Demonstrated ability to understand technical and complicated construction programs and the ability to communicate progress to both technical- and management-level personnel.

Ability to work with others, a self-starter with results-driven focus.

Essential Job Duties

The Cost Engineer duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

Monitor project budgets for the multi-billion-dollar Capital Improvement Program.

Review and analyze sub-contractor invoices, ensuring expenditures are accurately incurred against appropriate Schedule of Values accounts

Prepares job costing reports to allocate these expenditures against the appropriate WBS numbers.

Ensure that both commitments and expenditures follow the same allocation methodology.

Perform cost-to-complete analysis for all cost elements within a project taking into consideration 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 log regarding potential impacts to 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, sub-consultants, and City Interdepartmental Orders to ensure necessary budget and/or contract capacity exists, and ensure these actual commitments are accurately entered/tracked into system of record

Analyze bid award values against current budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.

Analyze change order values against current contingency budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.

Analyze task order values against current allowance budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.

Prolog - Update contract commitments, reconcile and analyze actual expenditures, perform budget transfers, monitor trend status and maintain continuity of WBS structure

Coordinate with Governance Body to ensure changes to budgets are approved via the Reconciliate Process or Capital Improvement Program Change process

Perform Project closeout resourcefully to ensure Prolog Data is complete reporting

needs

Prepare data to support documentation required journal vouchers for budget transfers

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or other related technical field required

10 years or more of cost engineering experience directly related to construction projects, preferably aviation projects.

Required cost engineer certification i.e. CCE, CCP.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Bluebeam

Demonstrated proficiency with a large-scale cost reporting system is required.

Experience with Prolog is highly desirable.

Demonstrated experience managing and reporting the cost components of large-scale, complex projects; including developing and managing a progress reporting methodology for a complicated design Experience with Design-Build and Construction Management at Risk delivery methods is desirable.

Demonstrated ability to understand technical and complicated construction program and the ability to communicate progress to both technical- and management-level personnel.

 Ability to work with others, a self-starter with results-driven

Proven accuracy, reliability and completeness in job accomplishment

Benefits:
E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, 401(k) with employer match, paid time off.

Wage Data Per State Requirements:
Pay range for this position is $77/hr - $83/hr.  The starting pay will be commensurate with skill, education, experience, and working environment.

Work Environment/Physical Demands:
Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment and uses standard office equipment such as computers and phones.

 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to sit/ stand for up to 8 hours per day.

Ability to move freely for up to 8 hours per day.

Drug Free Workplace:
E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. is a Drug Free Workplace. After accepting an offer of employment, applicants may be required to undergo background checks, drug testing, and/or fit-for-duty physical examination.  Drug screens will include, but not be limited to, Amphetamines, Cocaine Metabolites, Marijuana Metabolites (THC), Opiates, and Phencyclidine (PCP). As a federal contractor, E2 cannot permit employees in certain positions to use medical marijuana, even if prescribed by an authorized physician.

Solicitation:
Please no solicitation of any kind from agencies, staffing, or recruiting firms.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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