Senior Cost Manager

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction, Quantity Surveying or a related field
• 10- to 15-years experience in direct support of an active construction projects.
• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related field is preferred.
• 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-Finance-Operate-Maintain delivery methods is desirable.
• Experience with cost management for operation and maintenance is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated proficiency with a large-scale cost reporting system is required, experience with Prolog is highly desirable.
• Thorough familiarity with MS office suite software - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of Prolog is preferred
• 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.
• Major Capital Improvement Programs experience or Multimillion-dollar construction project experience, at least two years airport development / aviation project experience
• Must have strong cost management, and estimating skills, as well as the communication skills necessary to interface with external engineering, architectural and construction firms, suppliers, the management team and other organizations within client organizations
• Must be able to use A/E and CM cost and/or schedule information to evaluate project status
• Must have experience in developing budgets, cash flows, and/or schedules
• OSHA 10 hour preferred
• Must be highly articulate, have clear and analytical approach to problem solving, and strong decision making abilities. Must have excellent communication and presentation skills
• Working knowledge of current industry standard software, including cost management software and databases
• Flexible to a potentially varying shift time.
• Korean speaker is preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Providing accurate and contemporary project cost information to the Project Controls Manager and / or client
• Supervising and leading a team of cost managers / engineers
• Oversees project cost inputs and outputs / deliverables including accuracy, quality and timeliness of the deliverables
• Interfaces on a regular basis with project team, stakeholders and client
• Assist in the role-out and implementation of client approved cost management software and have input into developing the cost management processes to be utilized on the project
• Monitor project budgets for the multi-billion-dollar Capital Improvement Program at Los Angeles World Airports.
• Review and analyze sub-contractor invoices, prepare 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 and sub-consultants to ensure necessary budget and/or contract capacity exists.
• Analyze change order values against current budget and prepare reconciliations to include in the current forecast at completion.
• Prepare change orders and back up documentation as may be necessary for compliance and governance purposes.
• Support the project team in review and negotiations with Developer change proposals
• 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.
• Perform Project closeout resourcefully to ensure as Prolog Data matters in LAWA’s reporting needs.
• Prepare data to support documentation required journal vouchers for budget transfers.
• Have an appreciation for contractual interpretations and claim avoidance strategies.
• Supporting the Project team with additional tasks as required.