Cost Engineer III

4 days ago


Los Angeles, California, United States IQUASAR LLC Full time

We are looking for Cost Engineer Level III. The successful candidate will have proven cost engineering experience with complex, multi -phase, multi -million-dollar construction and/or enabling 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.

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY:
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 Progressive GMPs, Design-Build and DBFOM 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 DUTIES:
  • Monitor project budgets for the multi -billion-dollar Capital Improvement Program at Los Angeles World Airports.
  • 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 of Los Angeles Interdepartmental Orders to ensure necessary budget and/or contract capacity exists, and ensure these actual commitments are accurately entered/tracked into LAWA's 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 LAWA 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 for LAWA's reporting needs
  • Prepare data to support documentation required journal vouchers for budget transfers
  • Hardware/Software Knowledge
  • Demonstrated proficiency with a large-scale cost reporting system is required; experience with Prolog is highly desirable.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Bluebeam
  • PM Web and Prolog databases
  • Additional duties as assigned
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • 10 years or more of cost engineering experience directly related to construction projects, preferably aviation projects
  • Experience managing a team of cost engineers
  • 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 eff ort.
  • 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 focus.
  • Proven accuracy, reliability and completeness in job accomplishment.
Education/Training
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or other related field required
  • Certifications may include PMP, PE, and/or any other relevant Professional Licensure or Certification. Required cost engineer certification i.e. CCE, CCP

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