Construction Cost Engineer at Consor Engineers – Oakland, California

As a Construction Cost Engineer, You`ll play a critical role in ensuring that construction projects are planned, budgeted, and executed with financial accuracy and efficiency. You`ll combine technical engineering knowledge with strong financial and analytical skills to forecast, monitor, and control project costs throughout the project lifecycle.

Hourly Pay: $45-$60 per hour based on experience.

• Develop detailed cost estimates during conceptual, preliminary, and final design phases.
• Analyze drawings, specifications, and project requirements to prepare accurate quantity takeoffs.
• Evaluate labor, material, equipment, and subcontractor costs using industry benchmarks and historical data.
• Establish and maintain project budgets, cash flow forecasts, and cost control systems.
• Track actual costs against budgeted values and identify variances.
• Provide early warnings on potential cost overruns and recommend corrective actions.

• High school diploma or equivalent required. Associate's degree or higher preferred.
• 5+ years of project support experience in the AEC industry.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams), Microsoft Project, and a Project ERP System (Deltek Preferred).
• This office job primarily operates in a professional office and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and copy machines. May occasionally be exposed to noise. While performing the duties of this job, physical demands of the employee may include constantly sitting, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and occasional standing, moving, reaching, handling, grasping, feeling, and coordination. This job will rarely require lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 35 lbs.