Construction Project Engineer - Cost Engineer (La Porte, TX)- Austin Industrial

Functional Areas of Responsibility:

• Cost Controls
• Contract administration
• Material Expediting
• Quantity Reporting
• Schedule Updates
• Estimating
• Document Control
• Compliance with company policies and procedures

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Cost Controls 

• Prepare daily and weekly production control reports, ensuring documentation is accurate and up to date.
• Track and analyze project costs and revenue, forecasting final financial outcomes to keep projects on budget.
• Assist in creating project budgets and monthly forecasts using company-supported cost control software.
• Follow company processes to document, track, and report costs on assigned projects, collaborating with project management and project controls teams to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Support the integration of company systems to monitor and control project costs, and review job cost reports against key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Assist with project close-out by validating final revenue before submitting the final bill.
• Audit accounting systems to ensure accuracy across both company and owner systems.
• Support financial audits for assigned projects.
• Generate, analyze, and submit monthly financial reports for project tracking and management.

Estimating

• Quantity takeoffs
• Pricing of certain components of an estimate
• Solicitation of subcontractor and vendor bid proposals
• Evaluation of subcontractor and vendor bids
• Assist in site visits

Construction Operations

• Provide supervision and coordination of subcontractors
• Assist superintendent with day to day activities such as materiel deliveries and coordination, equipment delivery and coordination
• Assist superintendent in the development of Work Plans
• Review daily timesheets to ensure accurate job cost data
• Perform safety observations and ensure correction of hazardous conditions
• Perform quality inspections of self-perform work and subcontractor work to ensure compliance with plans and specifications

Technical

• Four year degree in technical discipline.
• Read and interpret project drawings and specifications
• Demonstrated collegiate-level computer skills, mathematics, communication skills, and technical writing, with an aptitude for mastering the additional skills required of the position
• Basic understanding of engineering or construction principles
• Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures.

Other

• Perform other duties as assigned

• See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English and Spanish.
• See the “Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision” poster available in English and Spanish.

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

• This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). 

Accessibility Note

• If you are a job seeker with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the People Services Team at (877) 831-1217.