Senior Cost Control Engineer

Role overview

Estimating and cost analysis

• Review material takeoffs, drawings, plans, contracts, and modifications to identify scope elements and changes.
• Prepare cost breakdowns for systems, subsystems, and work components; validate rates, unit costs, quantities, and estimates.
• Assign material, equipment, and labor costs and obtain vendor quotations as needed.
• Maintain historical cost data, norms, and databases; collect, validate, and maintain program cost data.
• Analyze performance against baselines, conduct variance analysis and forecasting, and assess design and construction change impacts.

Controls, reporting, and coordination

• Support development, implementation, and maintenance of cost control systems and Earned Value Management.
• Assist with budgets, commitments, expenditures, estimates at completion, and program-level cash flow forecasts.
• Prepare and issue monthly cost reports, dashboards, presentations, and analytical summaries for internal and Client review.
• Review interim payment applications for quantities, measurement rules, valuation logic, and contractual entitlement.
• Review and quantify change orders, variations, and claims through quantity take-offs and cost-impact analysis.
• Coordinate with clients, PMCMs, contractors, and internal project teams; mentor junior cost engineers or estimators and review their work.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• 12+ years of cost estimating and cost control experience on large-scale infrastructure or construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of engineering, procurement, and construction practices.
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in cost control tools, estimating techniques, and Earned Value Management methodologies.