What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Cost Engineer - Aviation position at STV, Inc.?
STV is seeking a Senior Cost Engineer to join our Project Controls department at our Los Angeles, CA area locations. The Sr. Cost Engineer reports to the TDIP Program Controls Manager. The Sr. Cost Engineer shall be responsible for developing and maintaining cost data for new construction and renovation work, as required for Terminal Development & Improvement Program projects. These projects may include but are not limited to: Airline Terminal Improvement projects, Airport Service Improvement projects, Terminal Development projects and Asset Renewal.
The successful candidate will have proven cost engineering experience with complex, multi-phase, multi-million-dollar construction and/or renovation projects. The general job duties include: Prepares detailed computer generated cost reports, charts and diagrams; Provides analysis and review of cost/budget expenditure and maintains cost control reports; Promptly reports anticipated cost overages or other unsatisfactory cost elements; Maintains liaison with Data Processing in developing support for network calculations, printouts and cost reports, and other cost related services.
Key Identifiers for the Position
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. Experience with Design-Build and Construction Management at Risk delivery methods is desirable.
Demonstrated ability to understand technical and complicated construction programs and the ability to communicate progress to both technical- and management-level personnel.
Ability to work with others, a self-starter with results-driven focus.
Essential Job Duties
The Cost Engineer duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Monitor project budgets for the multi-billion-dollar Capital Improvement Program at Los Angeles World Airports.
Review and analyze sub-contractor invoices, ensuring expenditures are accurately incurred against appropriate Schedule of Values accounts.
Prepares 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 to 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, sub-consultants, and City of Los Angeles Interdepartmental Orders to ensure necessary budget and/or contract capacity exists, and ensure these actual commitments are accurately entered/tracked into LAWA's system of record.
Analyze bid award values against current budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
Analyze change order values against current contingency budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
Analyze task order values against current allowance budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
Prolog - Update contract commitments, reconcile and analyze actual expenditures, perform budget transfers, monitor trend status and maintain continuity of WBS structure.
Coordinate with LAWA Governance Body to ensure changes to budgets are approved via the Reconciliate Process or Capital Improvement Program Change process.
Perform Project closeout resourcefully to ensure Prolog Data is complete for LAWA's reporting needs.
Prepare data to support documentation required journal vouchers for budget transfers.
Hardware/Software Knowledge
Demonstrated proficiency with a large-scale cost reporting system is required; experience with Prolog is highly desirable.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Bluebeam.
Professional Experience Level/Other Qualifications
10 years or more of cost engineering experience directly related to construction projects, preferably aviation projects.
Experience managing a team of cost engineers.
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. Experience with Design-Build and Construction Management at Risk delivery methods is desirable.
Demonstrated ability to understand technical and complicated construction program and the ability to communicate progress to both technical- and management-level personnel.
Ability to work with others, a self-starter with results-driven focus.
Proven accuracy, reliability and completeness in job accomplishment.
Education/Training
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or other related technical field required.
Certifications required, may include PMP, PE, and/or any other relevant Professional Licensure or Certification. Required cost engineer certification i.e. CCE, CCP.
Element-Specific Requirements/Notes
May assume other duties as required/needed.
Maybe required to work past regular work shift.
Maybe required to work various shifts as needed.
LAWA will provide a desktop computer that can be VPN'd into.
Consultant MUST have a company-provided laptop computer. This is required for company business and to VPN into LAWA system when away from the office as necessary.
Cell phone provided by consultant is required.
This is NOT a work from home position.
This is a salaried position based on 40 hours per week at the applicable all-in labor rate.
This is a Monday-Friday full-time position in the office or on the project site at LAX.
After hours or weekend work may be required to perform the duties of the position. This shall be considered part of the salary.
Transportation to/from LAX worksite is the responsibility of the consultant.
Compensation Range:
$109,771.86 - $146,362.48Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At STV, we are fully committed to expanding our culture of diversity and inclusion, one that will reflect the clients we serve and the communities we work in, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
STV offers the following benefits * Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account * Dental insurance * Vision insurance * Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable) * Disability insurance * Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment * 401(k) Plan * Retirement Counseling * Employee Assistance Program * Paid Time Off (16 days) * Paid Holidays (8 days) * Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year) * Parental Leave (up to 80 hours) * Continuing Education Program * Professional Licensure and Society Memberships
STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV's good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.
Salary : $109,772 - $146,362
