Vanir is a proud minority- and woman-owned company, recognized as a national leader in program, project and construction management (PMCM) and real estate development. Since 1964, we have consistently exceeded client expectations. Ranked as a top PMCM firm by Engineering News-Record (ENR) for more than three decades, our award-winning team provides a full range of services to public and private sector clients in the aviation; healthcare; education (K-12 and higher); justice and essential services; science and technology; state and local government; transportation; water and wastewater; energy; and commercial, residential and nonprofit markets.

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.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Monitor project budgets for the multi-billion-dollar Capital Improvement Program
• 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.
  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, sub-consultants, and City of Los Angeles Interdepartmental
  Orders to ensure necessary budget and/or contract capacity exists, and ensure these actual
  commitments are accurately entered/tracked into system of record
• 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.
• Prolog - 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 reporting
  needs
• Prepare data to support documentation required journal vouchers for budget transfers

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or other related field required
• 10 years or more of cost engineering experience directly related to construction projects, preferably
  aviation projects
• Experience managing a team of cost engineers
• 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 and Construction Management at Risk delivery methods
  is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to understand technical and complicated construction program 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.
• Proven accuracy, reliability and completeness in job accomplishment
• Demonstrated proficiency with a large-scale cost reporting system is required; experience with
  Prolog is highly desirable.
  
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Bluebeam
• Certifications may include PMP, PE, and/or any other relevant Professional Licensure or Certification.
  Required cost engineer certification i.e. CCE, CCP
• This is NOT a work from home position
• This is a salaried position based on 40 hours per week at the applicable all-in labor rate.
• This is a Monday-Friday full-time position in the office or on the project site
• After hours or weekend work may be required to perform the duties of the position. This shall be
  considered part of the salary

Offered rate of compensation will be based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including education, qualifications, experience, and geographic location. The Salary range for this position is $140,000 - $152,000

Benefits

Vanir offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that includes 401(k) Savings with employer matching contributions, medical, dental, vision, health savings account (HSA) with employer contributions, life, AD&D and disability benefits, flexible spending account (FSA), voluntary benefits, Teladoc, pet insurance, paid time off, national employee assistance program (EAP) and employee referral program.

If you're interested in working for Vanir please visit our website to learn more and to apply online at www.vanir.com.

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Contact Email: careers@vanir.com

Persons with medical limitations may, with reasonable accommodations, be capable of performing the duties of this position. Such a determination must be made on an individual basis considering the person's limitations, the requirements of the position, and the company's ability to make reasonable accommodations to the person's limitations.

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