Job Description

Why join us?

We are hiring! AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Cost Management Analyst I to join our Chandler, AZ office and reports to the technical manager.

Our Arizona team is growing! The Quantity Surveyor provides quantity surveying services as required by each project including:

• Contract administration and negotiation
• Cost forecasting and estimates
• Procurement
• Quantity take-offs
• Monitoring project progress
• Pricing and benchmarking research, maintaining the project documents and files in an organized manner.
• Examining status data and trends as required.
• Providing support to senior staff as directed.

About Us

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world's most respected design, engineering, and project management consultancies. AtkinsRéalis has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years. AtkinsRéalis has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy.

How will you contribute to the team?

• Works with proposal teams in the planning and execution of new business price proposals, cost narratives and pricing strategies.
• Performs and coordinate price proposal reviews before submittal to the client. May assist in job set-up, funds tracking and reporting to the client.
• Examines and monitor subcontractor performance; evaluate service / product offerings and specifications.
• Works with client contract managers and procurement specialists to resolve contractual matters.
• Supports project managers with contract budgeting.
• Ensures all documentation is complete and accessible in company repository. This includes the contract and all pertinent sign off documentation and work papers.
• Provides advice on and interpretation of contract requirements.
• Ensures timely processing of technical reports and deliverables.
• Monitors scope creep and scope changes.
• Coordinates with program / project managers to ensure contract requirements are fulfilled.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant contractual procedures and practices.
• Prepares and issues periodic cost reports to senior technical staff.
• Reviews the cash flow prepared by junior technical staff and issues to senior technical staff.
• With minimal supervision, reviews all change orders in accordance with the client's approval process.
• Reviews all invoices for the project and ensures that junior technical staff codes the invoices where applicable and forwards them to the client's accounts payable department.
• With minimal supervision, provides procurement services for the client, where applicable, for construction and engineering services, including preparing RFPs and bid analysis.
• Where applicable, overviews and reports to the client on contractor buyout of subcontract bid packages.
• Attends cost meetings to review procurement status and change order status with the contractors and engineering teams.
• With minimal supervision, provides cost information on value engineering analysis.
• With minimal supervision, carries out an earned value analysis of the project on a periodic basis.
• Reviews the contractors close out administration and ensures that they meet their contractual requirements.
• Tracks and examines the project costs including budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, and forecasts. It also includes forecast to budget and estimate, forecast to actuals, and contingency analysis.
• Participates in the development and improvement of project controls systems. Recommends improvements in systems, tools, and methods of project controls and project management.
• Assists in examining project control requirements as part of the bid review process to ensure all cost control requirements are incorporated into all contracts and purchase orders.
• Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.
• Complexity - Work involves conventional practice but may include a variety of complex features.
• Decision-making - Most assignments are performed solitarily. Makes sound judgements on technical problems and methods. Receives approval on proposed plans for projects and general direction as to results expected or on unusual problems.
• Work direction given to others - Supervises, gives work direction to, and / or reviews the work of junior technical staff and/or others who assist in specific assignments.

What will you contribute?

• Bachelor's degree in Construction, Quantity Surveying or a related field, plus 3 - 5 years relevant experience.
• A professional designation such as RICS, CCE, CCM, AIA, PE, ASPE, AACEI, CVS, AVS, LEED AP or RA.
• Experience with Primavera or Microsoft Projects is preferred.
• Should have working knowledge of electronic take-off including CAD Measure and working knowledge of a commercially available construction cost estimating system.
• Must have strong cost management, scheduling, and project planning and estimating skills. Must be able to use A / E and CM cost and / or schedule information to evaluate project status. Must have experience in developing budgets, cash flows, and / or schedules.
• Working knowledge of industry standard software, including but not limited to SAP, OracleUnifer and ERP, Planning & Scheduling, and cost management applications.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations, to understand contract plans and specifications, organize information, and effectively utilize PC and applicable software.
• Must be highly articulate, have clear and logical approach to problem solving, and strong choice-making abilities. Must have excellent communication and presentation skills necessary to interface with external engineering, architectural and construction firms, suppliers, the management team, and other organizations within client organizations.
• General skills expected of all employees are as follows: client service, commitment, communication, innovation & continuous improvement, professionalism, quality, and teamwork.
• Job requires ability to process paper / electronic documents and operate computer keyboard and 10-key adding machine. Ability to plan and prioritize tasks, and review contract documents, project plans and progress reports. Ability to communicate effectively and work under the pressure of deadlines.

What we offer at AtkinsRéalis:

AtkinsRéalis realizes that health, mental and financial wellbeing, are all equally needed to achieve balance in life. We are pleased to offer a robust rewards package that help our employees have peace of mind in and outside of work.

Our benefit offerings address all of the areas that are part of living a healthy life. We recognize that what is important to people, continues to change. Some of our other benefits to ensure our employees feel supported, include continuing to offer health and dental coverage and a full list below. Our culture is one of providing support and training for our employees to thrive. We offer learning and development programs, training, career pathing opportunities, and a tuition reimbursement plan. At AtkinsRéalis, you will enjoy a robust rewards package which includes:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible work schedules
• Group Insurance
• PTO plus two Floating Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave (including maternity and paternity)
• Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• An inclusive culture of Employee Resources Groups centered around women, African-Americans, Hispanics, LGBTQ+, Neurodiversity and Emerging Professionals.
• A Foundation that is employee-funded with a 2-to-1 match from the company providing STEAM education for minorities from K-12 to college.

If this sounds like you and you would like to expand your career with us, apply today!

AtkinsRéalis is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. EOE/Minorities/Females/Veteran/Disability.

Please review AtkinsRéalis Equal Opportunity Statement here:

https://careers.atkinsrealis.com/equal-opportunities-statement

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Upon acceptance of an offer, all candidates must go through a drug screen test and background check. AtkinsRéalis is a federal contractor which mandates a satisfactory background screening report and drug test that supersedes state laws.

Note to staffing and direct hire agencies:

In the event a recruiter or agency who is not on our preferred supplier list submits a resume/candidate to anyone in the company, AtkinsRéalis family of companies, we explicitly reserve the right to recruit and hire the candidate(s) at our discretion and without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. https://careers.atkinsrealis.com/recruitment-agencies

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.