About the Role:
Join our innovative team as an Associate Cost Control Engineer, where you will thrive in a dynamic environment. Your contributions will be pivotal in supporting internal project cost control activities, which include assisting with budgets and forecasts, tracking project costs, updating internal systems, and preparing reports for project managers and teams. This role is ideal for individuals looking to develop their skills and grow within the field of cost engineering.
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What You'll Be Doing:
- Support Project Control Engineers, Senior Project Control Engineers, and Project Controls Managers with project budgets and forecasts.
- Track labor, subconsultant, and other project-related costs, including actuals, commitments, expenditures, and forecast values.
- Collect, organize, verify, and reconcile cost information from project managers, project teams, design discipline leads, timesheets, and internal systems.
- Update project controls, accounting, cost management, and reporting systems.
- Prepare periodic cost reports, summaries, dashboards, spreadsheets, management reports, and project review material and presentations.
- Support cost variance analysis and forecast comparisons.
- Perform basic data-quality, arithmetic, and reconciliation checks.
- Identify and escalate incomplete, inconsistent, or unusual cost information.
- Maintain project cost control files, logs, and supporting documentation.
- Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in project cost control, project controls, cost engineering, or a related project environment.
- Intermediate or Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and charts.
- Experience supporting budgets, forecasts, cost tracking, internal cost reporting, or project controls system updates.
- Basic understanding of project budgets, forecasts, commitments, actual costs, labor costs, and cost reports.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Microsoft Excel.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, communication, and data-reconciliation skills.
- Ability to follow established procedures, meet reporting deadlines, and work effectively with project managers, project teams, design discipline leads, and Project Controls personnel.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Experience using project controls, ERP, accounting, cost management, or internal reporting systems.
- Experience supporting engineering design, construction management, construction supervision, or PMC projects.
- Experience preparing project cost summaries, dashboards, spreadsheets, and management reports.
- Familiarity with project cost structures, reporting codes, and internal budgeting processes.
- Familiarity with cost variance analysis, forecast comparisons, timesheet data, labor costs, expenses, or project accounting information.
Benefits:
We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and offer endless growth opportunities. We value diversity and ensure equal employment representation at all job levels, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. Join us and aim for the stars as you embark on a journey of professional growth!
