Cost Engineer

Hill International is seeking a Cost Engineer in Seattle, Washington

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 program and the ability to communicate progress to both technical- and management-level personnel.

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

Depending upon your employment status, Hill’s comprehensive benefits may include,

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Employer Paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurances
• Business Travel Accident Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Commuter Benefits
• Legal Assistance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Auto & Home Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Voluntary Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Holidays
• 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Referral Program
• Professional Certification Incentive Program
• Hill University Learning and Development
• Tuition Reimbursement
• EAP
• Years of Service Awards Program

Responsibilities

• Monitor project budgets and review and analyze sub-contractor invoices.
• Prepare job costing reports to allocate these expenditures against the appropriate WBS numbers.
• 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 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.