Cost Engineer

Location

Reston, VA | United States

Job description

Requisition ID: 274174  

•   Relocation Authorized: National - Single  
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project  
• Work Location: Reston, VA  

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our values – ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants – integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

Project Overview

Bechtel is among the most respected engineering, project management, and construction companies in the world. Bechtel operates through four global business units that specialize in infrastructure; manufacturing and technology; mining and metals; nuclear, security and environmental; and energy. Today, our colleague's team with customers, partners, and suppliers on diverse projects in nearly 40 countries. Bechtel’s focus on renewables and clean energy is helping our customers deliver transformational renewables and clean energy projects. Bechtel renewables team will perform the project management, engineering, procurement, and construction for a multiple utility-scale solar photovoltaic (“PV”) generating plants across the US.

Position Summary

Bechtel's renewables team is seeking an experienced cost engineer that will support multiple solar projects located in Reston, VA. The Cost Engineer will be r esponsible for cost engineering, cost estimating, cost analysis/control. Directs the preparation and presentation of market level financial reports and forecasts. Provides non-routine cost engineering and financial forecasting guidance. Identifies, analyzes, and provides innovative solutions to cost engineering problems, processes, and procedures. Supports project organizational and administrative activities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assigned cost functions. Direct interface with management, and field teams as necessary for cost control monitoring, analysis, and reporting.
• Responsible for quarterly financial reporting; works with Project Management team to develop and refine financial reporting strategies, goals, and metrics.
• Provides day-to-day support to project team, and detailed monitoring and analysis of project budgets, schedules, and actuals. Interfaces with other members of the project team, customers, and others.
• Provides support to project financial reporting and trending functions and the invoice/billing review process as required.
• Assists in preparing cost data for proposals or contract negotiations.
• Performs or coordinates quantity development and verification for discipline or specialty. Develops, or assists in the development of, quantity bases for the assumption.
• Plans, coordinates, and directs preparation of specific budgets. Assists in developing requirements for budgeting standards.
• Develops and implements requirements for cost recording, reporting, and analyzing standards, programs, and reports. Performs performance monitoring and control functions.
• Assists in developing specific project codes of accounts and recommends appropriate modifications and revisions.
• Identifies or defines data sources and techniques for data acquisition and collects required data for a specific discipline or other specialty applications.
• Creates and implements measurement systems for given processes, analyzes performance metric results, and identifies improvements.
• Provides support to PC Supervisor as requested.
• Independently provides financial, cost reporting, trending analysis and recommends corrective actions.
• Responsible for analysis, development, and presentation of impact integration measures.

Qualifications and Skills

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, construction management or business management or equivalent years of experience.
• Minimum of 2 - 3 years of project controls experience.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel.
• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing cost engineering functions, which include cost estimating, cost control, cost analysis and financial reporting.
• Skilled in oral and written communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous solar industry experience preferred.
• Experience in other areas of project controls (planning, scheduling, estimating, etc.) desirable.
• Intermediate level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes.
• PowerBI experience

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Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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