Cost Analyst

Job Location: Houston, Texas, USA (HYBRID)

Senior Cost Analyst

Job Location: Houston, Texas, USA (HYBRID)

• Lead project cost development, evaluation, and reporting for gas turbine power generation projects during both proposal and project execution phases.
• Partner with proposal, finance, project management, engineering, construction, and other cross-functional teams to develop accurate and competitive project costs.
• Manage project cost forecasts, estimates at completion (EAC), actual costs, percent complete, and cost-to-go projections.
• Identify cost risks and opportunities while supporting budget management, process improvements, and margin improvement initiatives.

• Lead preparation, integration, and optimization of project costs for proposals.
• Develop project cost summaries and present cost information to leadership.
• Lead accurate calculation and optimization of Estimates at Completion (EACs) using actual costs and project progress.
• Partner with Project Managers and Project Finance Managers to support budgets and financial reviews.
• Collaborate with functional teams to review and approve accurate EACs and maintain effective project cost-control practices.
• Regularly engage with functional owners across construction, site staffing, technical advisory services, project management, and other project functions to identify cost risks and opportunities.
• Track and communicate cost opportunities, risks, and progress across project teams.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean methodologies.
• Develop standard work documentation and best practices for project cost estimation and forecasting.
• Apply lessons learned from project execution to future proposals and margin improvement efforts.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction, or another relevant technical discipline from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project management, power plant design, cost estimating, cost engineering, or a related field.

• Strong technical knowledge of gas turbine power plant systems, including plant-level design and costing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience with process improvement initiatives.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.