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Austin Industries Construction Project Engineer - Cost Engineer (La Porte, TX)- Austin Industrial in La Porte, Texas

Description

Functional Areas of Responsibility:

  • Cost Controls

  • Contract administration

  • Material Expediting

  • Quantity Reporting

  • Schedule Updates

  • Estimating

  • Document Control

  • Compliance with company policies and procedures

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Cost Controls

  • Prepare daily and weekly production control reports, ensuring documentation is accurate and up to date.

  • Track and analyze project costs and revenue, forecasting final financial outcomes to keep projects on budget.

  • Assist in creating project budgets and monthly forecasts using company-supported cost control software.

  • Follow company processes to document, track, and report costs on assigned projects, collaborating with project management and project controls teams to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.

  • Support the integration of company systems to monitor and control project costs, and review job cost reports against key performance indicators (KPIs).

  • Assist with project close-out by validating final revenue before submitting the final bill.

  • Audit accounting systems to ensure accuracy across both company and owner systems.

  • Support financial audits for assigned projects.

  • Generate, analyze, and submit monthly financial reports for project tracking and management.

Estimating

  • Quantity takeoffs

  • Pricing of certain components of an estimate

  • Solicitation of subcontractor and vendor bid proposals

  • Evaluation of subcontractor and vendor bids

  • Assist in site visits

Construction Operations

  • Provide supervision and coordination of subcontractors

  • Assist superintendent with day to day activities such as materiel deliveries and coordination, equipment delivery and coordination

  • Assist superintendent in the development of Work Plans

  • Review daily timesheets to ensure accurate job cost data

  • Perform safety observations and ensure correction of hazardous conditions

  • Perform quality inspections of self-perform work and subcontractor work to ensure compliance with plans and specifications

Technical

  • Four year degree in technical discipline.

  • Read and interpret project drawings and specifications

  • Demonstrated collegiate-level computer skills, mathematics, communication skills, and technical writing, with an aptitude for mastering the additional skills required of the position

  • Basic understanding of engineering or construction principles

  • Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures.

Other

  • Perform other duties as assigned

  • See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) and Spanish (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRightsSp_10_20.pdf) .

  • See the “Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision” poster available in English (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf) and Spanish (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_formatted_Spanish2-27-18ESQA508c.pdf) .

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

  • This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

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