Senior Cost Engineer, WTP

Requisition ID:  274698

• Relocation Authorized:  National - Accompanied
• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework 
• Work Location: Richland, WA 
• Salary Range: $105,060 - $160,220 annually (Determined by function, education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant.)

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our values – ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants – integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

 

Project Overview

Bechtel is a global engineering, construction and project management company that has “built the world” for more than 120 years, having constructed Hoover Dam, the English Channel Tunnel, entire cities in the Middle East, the second-largest solar thermal power project in the world, and millions of miles of roads and pipelines. We produce a lasting, positive legacy by creating jobs, growing economies, connecting communities to resources, shoring up and expanding infrastructure, and making the world a cleaner, greener, safer place.

 

Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.

 

Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.

Position Summary

This position is a full-time role that offers part-time telework flexibility in the Richland, Washington project office. Upon initial hire and onboarding, the position will require full time presence in the Richland, Washington project office, then may offer part-time telework flexibility. This position works a 9/80 schedule, offering every other Friday off.

 

Please be advised that the telework designation of the position may be changed in the future at the discretion of the company or project.

A successful Senior Project Controls Cost Engineer on the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) Project will collaborate with their lead/supervisor to perform cost/schedule engineering and/or implementing change control, risk management, project financial controls, and reporting work processes. All work will be carried out within established Project Controls processes and procedures that comply with certified EVMS standards and Bechtel’s corporate requirements. The successful candidate will also have an innovative approach to completing their work, advanced automation skills, and/or Business Intelligence Analytics, and will require frequent interaction with other members of the project team to develop solutions to execution challenges.

 

Responsibilities

• Understands the project scope, schedule, and cost objectives and works with assigned department(s) to develop and implement a plan for successful execution.

• Performs cost engineering, change control, and metric reporting in coordination with other members of the Project Controls team that require an advanced level of technical skill and experience. Prepares trend estimates as related to facilitation of Corporate and wage rate updates.

• Routinely coordinates with Project and Corporate Controller. Responsible for the development and accuracy of cost reports, metrics, reconciliations and verifies consistency with previous reports.

• Ensures correct and accurate record of Project costs and mentors the Project Controls team on cost recording, reporting, and analysis. Prepares routine and special studies related to assigned scope.

• Collaborates