Construction Cost Engineer (LAX)

Job Description

“*About Dabri:*

Dabri, Inc. is a professional program management, infrastructure engineering, and construction management consulting firm, serving Northern and Southern California Area since 2001. We provide project management, engineering, construction management, cost estimating, scheduling, QA/QC, project controls, change management, and general consulting services for public and private projects; specialized in a wide range of market sectors including transportation, infrastructure, water/wastewater, aviation, recreation, educational, and healthcare facilities.

Dabri, Inc. is seeking an experienced Cost Engineer to support the Los Angeles World Airports. The successful candidate will have proven cost engineering experience with complex, multi-phase, multi-million dollar construction and/or renovation projects.

*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 Progressive GMPs, 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’s 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
* 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.
* 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
* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or other related field required
* Certifications may include PMP, PE, and/or any other relevant Professional Licensure or Certification. Required cost engineer certification i.e. CCE, CCP.
* 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

Qualified female and minority applicants are encouraged to apply. If you are interested in joining our team of professionals, *please submit a resume in Word format, with detailed project descriptions, a list of all educational achievements, professional licenses and certificates, expected salary or hourly, and three references.*

*The candidate must have either a green card or a permit to work (US Citizen).*

No visa sponsorship is available.

*No relocation assistance is allowed.*

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $60.00 – $64.00 per hour

Benefits:
* 401(k)
* 401(k) matching
* Dental insurance
* Health insurance
* Life insurance
* Paid time off
* Vision insurance
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
* Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Experience:
* cost engineering to construction, aviation projects: 10 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:
* Los Angeles, CA 90045 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:
* Los Angeles, CA 90045: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person”