Cost Engineer
Core
Establish cost and schedule baselines, monitor performance against them, and manage risks, opportunities, and changes to drive best value for clients in the life sciences or data centre sectors.
Role type
Senior Cost Engineering Professional (Project Controls)
Builds
Project schedules, cost baselines, risk impact analyses, and executive dashboards
Domain
Construction/Engineering (Life Sciences, Data Centres)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery
Required skills
Cost estimation, schedule management, risk analysis (Monte Carlo), change management, procurement principles, MS Office, Primavera P6
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Primavera P6, MS Office
Responsibilities
Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline; Lead evaluation of project time, cost, and quality targets; Guide and influence the general contractor regarding schedule and cash flow; Act as key point of contact to the client for commercial issues; Control costs using conceptual estimating and funding stage gates; Create executive-level cost reports; Coordinate planning sessions to compile master project schedules; Incorporate defined risks into Monte Carlo simulations for quantitative impact analysis; Hold vendors accountable for schedule updates.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
