Cost Engineer
The Woodlands, TX
Experience: 0
Category: Construction
Contractor Work Model: Onsite
Brand: System One
Job ID: 382077
Date Posted: 10/16/2026
Shortcut: http://jobs.systemone.com/Jdky2I
Job Title: Cost Engineer
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Overview
The Cost Engineer maintains accurate cost data, identifies emerging cost trends, and provides reliable forecasting for complex construction programs in dynamic environments where project scopes, schedules, and priorities continue to evolve.
Responsibilities
• Establish and maintain control budgets and track commitments, actual costs, accruals, forecasts, and EAC across multiple contracts and work packages.
• Develop and maintain cost forecasts based on actual expenditure, committed costs, remaining scope, field progress, and anticipated changes.
• Identify, evaluate, and track scope changes, change orders, trends, and potential cost exposure; reconcile changes against approved budgets and forecasts.
• Review contractor cost submissions, validate supporting information, and challenge inconsistencies and unreasonable costs or quantities.
• Reconcile cost data across Omega 365, ERP, and other sources, and investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Integrate physical progress, schedule performance, productivity, and earned value into cost forecasting.
• Prepare concise management cost reporting and detailed supporting analysis.
• Work with Construction, Contracts, Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Scheduling, and contractor teams.
Requirements
• Strong cost engineering / cost control background on large-scale construction, power generation, data center, industrial, or infrastructure projects, including direct work with construction and contractor teams.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain control budgets and track commitments, actuals, and forecasts.
• Clear understanding of the difference between committed costs, actual costs, accruals, and forecast exposure.
• Experience with change management, including change orders, trends, and exposure.
• Advanced Excel: data reconciliation, financial modeling, pivot tables, and large dataset analysis.
• Understanding of the relationship between progress, schedule, productivity, earned value, and cost forecasting.
• Omega 365 experience (cost management, commitments, forecasting, reporting) preferred.
• ERP familiarity and cost data reconciliation experience preferred.
• Power BI experience preferred.
• Analytical, resourceful, and adaptable.
• Comfortable with evolving scope, imperfect data, and tight deadlines.
• Hands-on ownership and accountability.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to move between detailed analysis and concise management reporting.
The ideal candidate works with imperfect data, reconciles multiple sources, and brings discipline to cost reporting without slowing execution. Strong fundamentals, analytical judgment, field awareness, and practical cost control experience matter more than familiarity with any single software platform.
Working Environment
Fast-paced construction program with aggressive schedules, rapidly evolving priorities, and multiple contractors working concurrently. Hands-on, site-engaged role.
System One, and its subsidiaries including Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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