Cost Engineer (Mechanical)
On-siteTaylor, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Negotiate commercial terms on construction and services agreements while substantiating and negotiating change orders with sub-contractors. Create presentations and reports detailing change order conditions for Owner review and approval, providing valuable insight regarding project cost and potential risks. Analyze and solve cost-related issues with subcontractors, thoroughly review and cross-reference documents including drawings and specifications, and survey market prices for materials and labor. Manage construction budget trend logs, review design changes for cost impact, and prevent unreasonable cost items out of contract. Compile all related documents and utilize software such as Bluebeam, Naviswork, CAD, Revit, and Trimble for cost analysis.
Required Qualifications
- Negotiate commercial terms on construction and services agreements
- Substantiate and negotiate change orders with sub-contractors
- Knowledge of AIA, MSA, and Work Order agreements
- Create presentations and reports detailing change order conditions for Owner review and approval
- Provide valuable insight regarding project cost, and potential risks
- Analyze and solve the issues related to cost with subcontractors, and report to cost manager
- Thorough review and cross reference of documents as they relate to Change Orders including drawings specifications, agreements, equipment drawings etc
- Quantity calculation with spreadsheet and database software
- Survey of market price for construction materials and labors
- Experience with software including Bluebeam, Naviswork (BIM), CAD, Revit and Trimble to provide cost analysis
- Review design change in terms of cost impact (Quotation review for subcontracts change order with estimator)
- Manage construction budget trend log in terms of change order
- Experience with substantiating value engineering concepts
- Compile and record all related documents
- Review documents related cost and contract (ex. Payment, notices, letters etc)
- Prevent and review unreasonable and excessive cost and item out of contract
- Completion of a four-year college degree, civil or Mechanical engineering degree program
- Five-year experience in the construction/Mechanical profession
- Working knowledge of spreadsheet and database software
- Knowledge of applicable project management and document tracking
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing
- Bilingual (English, Korean)
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