Cost Engineer

We are seeking Cost Engineers to support Utility customers throughout Southern California. These Utility providers will be both Natural Gas and Electrical Transmission providers. These jobs will hybrid positions with the request for 2-3x a week in the office, so you must be living in the LA area. This is NOT REMOTE. Duties/Responsibilities: Monitor project budgets for the multi-billion dollar Capital Improvement Programs. Review and analyze sub-contractor invoices. 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 and sub-consultants to ensure necessary budget and/or contract capacity exists. Analyze bid award values against current budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion. Analyze change order values against current budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion. Prepare data to support documentation required journal vouchers for budget transfers Requirements: 5 yrs field cost engineering experience with minimum 3 yrs in direct support of an active construction projects. 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. The candidates should be familiar with the full life cycle of Cost Engineering/Forecasting Experience with Design-Build and Construction Management at Risk delivery methods is desirable. Has experience in forensic claims work on major construction project. 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 focus. Flexible to a potentially varying shift time or overtime schedule. Hardware/Software Knowledge: Thorough familiarity with MS office suite software - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, (proficient in Excel) Familiarity with Primavera, (P6) Education: Graduation from a recognized college or university with a Bachelor’s degree. NO PER DIEM. These are W2, long-term jobs with full benefits. NO relocation packages.