About the position
The ICP (Asset Renewal) Sr. Cost Engineer reports to the ICP Project Manager. The ICP Sr. Cost Engineer shall be responsible for developing and maintaining cost data for the ICP. The ICP replaces end-of-life airport assets, primarily MEP, vertical transportation systems, building enclosure and passenger boarding bridges. The successful candidate will have proven cost engineering experience with complex, multi-phase, multi-million-dollar construction and/or renovation projects. The general job duties include: Prepares detailed computer-generated cost reports, charts and diagrams; Provides analysis and review of cost/budget expenditure and maintains cost control reports; Promptly reports anticipated cost overages or other unsatisfactory cost elements; Maintains liaison with Data Processing in developing support for network calculations, printouts and cost reports, and other cost related services. This is a Full-Time position, with on-site work required Monday-Friday. Note this is a temporary position, with work anticipated to start on 08/25/2025 and end by 12/31/2025.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- 10+ years of cost engineering experience directly related to construction projects, preferably aviation projects.
- Certifications may include PMP, PE, and/or any other relevant Professional Licensure or Certification.
- Required cost engineer certification i.e. CCE, CCP.
- Demonstrated experience managing and reporting the cost components of large-scale, complex projects.
- Experience with Design-Build and Construction Management at Risk delivery methods is desirable.
- Demonstrated proficiency with a large-scale cost reporting system is required; experience with Prolog is highly desirable.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Bluebeam.
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- 100% employer-paid premiums
