What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Cost Manager position at DHD Consulting?
How will you contribute to the team?
- Providing accurate and contemporary project cost information to the Project Controls Manager and / or client.
- Supervising and leading a team of cost managers / engineers Oversees project cost inputs and outputs / deliverables including accuracy, quality, and timeliness of the deliverables.
- Interfaces regularly with the project team, stakeholders, and client.
- Assist in the roll-out and implementation of client-approved cost management software and have input into developing the cost management processes to be utilized on the project.
- Monitor project budgets for the multi-billion-dollar Capital Improvement Program at Los Angeles World Airports.
- Review and analyze sub-contractor invoices, and prepare job costing reports to allocate these expenditures against the appropriate WBS numbers.
- Ensure that both commitments and expenditures follow the same allocation methodology.
- Perform cost-to-complete analysis for all cost elements within a project taking into consideration staffing plans, contract commitments, and expenditures to date, change orders, and trends.
- Attend project meetings to provide Project Management with current Financial information and trend log regarding potential impacts on project budget or forecast.
- Provide progress reporting documents and briefing materials as required.
- Develop creative reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and / or progress assessments.
- Review task orders for contractors and sub-consultants to ensure necessary budget and / or contract capacity exists.
- Analyze change order values against the current budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
- Prepare change orders and backup documentation as may be necessary for compliance and governance purposes.
- Support the project team in reviewing and negotiations with Developer change proposals
- Support the team with risk management.
- Prolog - Update contract commitments, reconcile and analyze actual expenditures, perform budget transfers, monitor trend status, and maintain continuity of WBS structure.
- Perform Project closeout resourcefully to ensure that Prolog Data matters in LAWAs reporting needs.
- Prepare data to support documentation required journal vouchers for budget transfers.
