Senior Cost Engineer

Location:

Downtown Houston, TX

Teal Energi is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Engineer to support a major offshore capital project currently in the execution phase. This long-term contract opportunity is ideal for a cost professional with strong cost engineering fundamentals, offshore project experience, and the ability to leverage digital tools and data to improve project cost visibility and performance.

The assignment offers a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off and remote work on working Fridays. The initial contract duration is 6-12 months with strong potential for extension.

• Support cost engineering and cost control activities throughout the execution of a major offshore capital project.
• Develop and maintain project cost forecasts, budgets, commitments, expenditures, and estimate-at-completion projections.
• Monitor actual costs against approved budgets and forecasts to maintain accurate cost projections.
• Perform detailed cost analysis to identify trends, variances, risks, and potential impacts to the project forecast.
• Support regular project cost reporting and provide clear, data-driven insights to project leadership.
• Assist with project change management and evaluate the cost impact of proposed and approved changes.
• Support contractor and vendor cost tracking as required.

• Collaborate closely with project controls, engineering, procurement, construction, project management, and other project stakeholders.
• Support project teams in maintaining accurate, timely, and consistent cost information throughout project execution.
• Translate detailed project cost information into meaningful insights that support effective project decision-making.

• Utilize digital tools and data analytics to enhance cost reporting and increase visibility into overall project performance.
• Help improve the quality, consistency, and efficiency of project cost data and reporting.
• Apply advanced Excel and project reporting capabilities to analyze and communicate project cost performance.
• Utilize Eco Sys, where applicable, to support project cost management and reporting activities.

• Significant experience in cost engineering and/or cost control within major capital projects.
• Offshore project experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience supporting major capital projects during the execution phase.
• Strong knowledge of project cost management, forecasting, budgeting, accruals, commitments, variance analysis, cost reporting, and estimate-at-completion projections.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret large volumes of project and cost data.
• Strong digital and data capabilities.
• Advanced Excel and project reporting skills.
• Experience with Eco Sys preferred, but not required.
• Ability to work effectively across project controls, engineering, procurement, construction, and project management functions.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate detailed cost information into meaningful insights for project leadership.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced major-project environment with evolving priorities.
• Ability to work a 9/80 schedule in Downtown Houston, with every other Friday off and remote work on working Fridays.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment.

The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Teal Energi is a technical manpower provider with extensive experience supporting the successful execution and operation of major capital project investments. Forged through a desire to provide best-in-class service to clients, candidates, and contractors alike, Teal Energi works through its offices nationwide to provide regional support to a wide range of…