Senior Cost Engineer

Description

Salary range is $81k to $186k with a midpoint of $133k. New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Sound Transit also offers a competitive benefits package with a wide range of offerings, including:

• Health Benefits:
  We offer two choices of medical plans, a dental plan, and a vision plan all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner.
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement Plans: 401a - 10% of employee contribution with a 12% match by Sound Transit; 457b - up to IRS maximum (employee only contribution).
• Paid Time Off:
  Employees accrue 25 days of paid time off annually with increases at four, eight and twelve years of service. Employees at the director level and up accrue additional days. We also observe 12 paid holidays and provide up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year.
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks of parental leave for new parents.
• Pet Insurance discount.
• ORCA Card:
  All full-time employees will receive an ORCA card at no cost.
• Tuition Reimbursement:
  Sound Transit will pay up to $5,000 annually for approved tuition expenses.
• Inclusive Reproductive Health Support Services.
• Compensation Practices:
  We offer competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity. In addition to compensation and benefits, you'll find that we provide work-life balance, opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.

This is a term-limited position of 5 years.

Under general direction, performs professional senior level technical expertise in preparing total construction cost estimates at different stages of project design, from preliminary through final design document development; ensures the full integration of scope, schedule, costs, risk, and resources; establishes budgets and engineer estimates for construction of large-scale transit projects; performs cost impact analysis related to the project/contract potential and/or directed change orders and for comparison with cost trending analysis;

tracks and recommends pricing thresholds to the project team and senior management; maintains cost database based on historical and current market prices; monitors consultant construction management (CM) and construction contractor progress and cost changes to ensure projects adhere to project control policies and procedures and are completed on time and within budget; develops project risk assessment, conducts construction risk analysis and risk mitigation, and cost contingencies analysis;

develops and implements standards for the preparation of cost estimates for change order/contract amendment negotiations; interacts, shares knowledge, and negotiates across organizational boundaries with other Agency departments and local, state and federal agencies/jurisdictions and with business partners such as local transit agencies; partners closely with Project Delivery Teams, project controls staff, and leadership to support informed project decision-making; and provides highly responsible and complex administrative support to Director of Scheduling, Cost Estimating, Risk and VE, and the Executive Director of Transformation.

The following duties are a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Manages multiple estimating assignments concurrently and provides assistance to Project Controls Managers for tracking review/development by staff.
• Prepares total cost estimates using preliminary design criteria and narrative information; and documents estimate assumptions, exclusions, qualifications, and conditions.
• Prepares detailed total cost estimates based on 30% to 100% complete design drawings and specifications including total project estimate compilation, cost estimate presentation and reporting, supporting documentation, and assumption and basis of the estimates.
• Prepares detailed independent cost estimates (ICE) for construction changes for all work category disciplines.
• Coordinates with design groups, site construction manager and visits jobsites to determine actual change conditions and confirms scope as required.
• Prepares cost impact analysis related to the contract potential and/or directed change orders, and for comparison with cost trending analysis, and tracking.
• Recommends pricing thresholds to the project team and senior management.
• Prepares cost estimates for funding agreements (BCE) and conversion of cost estimates to the required Federal Transit Administration (FTA) formats for funding and grant request submittals.
• Reviews and analyzes consultant estimates, from preliminary engineering through final design; at final submittal, adjusts consultant estimate to add…