The Construction Cost Manager serves as the client’s main contact for providing cost management services, including invoice validation, cost forecasting and reporting, change management, close-out administration, procurement management, earned value, and value engineering.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of experience in direct support of 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
- Must have experience in developing budgets, cash flows and forecasts.
- Working knowledge of industry standard software, including but not limited to SAP, PowerBI, and cost management applications.
- Must thoroughly understand and utilize information technology in the performance of work including Internet, Intranet, Microsoft Windows OS, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft Project.
- Advanced Excel skills are required
PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Prepares and issues monthly and quarterly cash flow forecasts to the capital construction team
- Prepare and issues monthly, quarterly and total project funding and commitment forecasts to the capital construction team
- Manage and control capital project budget and spends at the work breakdown schedule (WBS) level
- Create WBS codes and scope alignment
- Validate and approve purchase requisitions / change orders
- Review all spend for the project and ensure that junior technical staff codes the invoices where applicable and forwards them to the client’s accounts payable department
- Where applicable, overview and report to the client on contractor buyout of subcontract bid packages
- Schedule and lead regular cost meetings to align on budget, spending and change order status with the contractors and engineering teams
- Change order management, validation, and tracking
- Monthly spend to forecast variance analysis and drive the forecast to spend within required acceptance range
- Risk and opportunity analysis
- Ad hoc reporting and analysis
- Ensure compliance with reporting standards and corporate finance and accounting policies
THIS POSITION IS A CONTRACT TO HIRE ROLE
