Cost Engineer- Aviation Construction (Anticipated Opening)

Turner & Townsend
Los Angeles
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 100,000 - 150,000 annuallyFunction: Construction, Civil & Site EngineeringExperience: 3-5 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving","Stakeholder management","Presentations"]

The Cost Engineer/Cost Manager will lead estimating, cost control, reporting and post-contract activities for aviation construction projects in a mid-senior consulting role. You’ll manage vendor prequalification, bid analysis, cost benchmarking, value engineering, and risk assessments, while coordinating with clients and project teams to ensure accurate budgets, forecasts and timely invoicing.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
1 year ago

Cost Engineer- Aviation Construction (Anticipated Opening)

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Job Summary

The Cost Engineer/Cost Manager will lead estimating, cost control, reporting and post-contract activities for aviation construction projects in a mid-senior consulting role. You’ll manage vendor prequalification, bid analysis, cost benchmarking, value engineering, and risk assessments, while coordinating with clients and project teams to ensure accurate budgets, forecasts and timely invoicing.
Location: Los Angeles
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Construction, Civil & Site Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending & chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process.
  • •Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects.
  • •Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing & presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget & spend forecast with the client, developing & maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team & vendors.
  • •Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors & making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes.
  • •Manage & monitor invoicing process; Benchmark performance; Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs; Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 100,000 - 150,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
  • •Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry.
  • •RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable
  • •Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects.
  • •Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
Experience:3-5 yearsConstructionCost management
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingStakeholder managementPresentations
Certifications:RICS
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Cost Estimating SoftwareTake-off Software

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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