Cost Engineer - CSA [Civil, Structural, Architectural] Peoria, AZ - Semiconductor

WWPS is seeking a Cost Engineer - CSA Civil, Structural, Architectural to join our growing team supporting a major semiconductor construction project in Peoria, Arizona. This onsite role will serve as part of the owner's representative team and will provide cost engineering, forecasting, quantity validation, change management, bid evaluation, and commercial support for civil, structural, and architectural work packages.

The successful candidate will understand construction means and methods for complex advanced manufacturing facilities and will be able to translate design development, field conditions, contractor proposals, and schedule impacts into clear cost forecasts and recommendations. The role requires strong analytical, organizational, technical, and communication skills, along with the ability to work effectively in a fast paced project environment.

Local candidates are highly preferred due to the onsite nature of the project.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Represent the owner's interests in all cost management activities associated with civil, structural, and architectural scopes.
• Develop, maintain, and validate budgets, commitments, actual costs, accruals, forecasts, and estimates at completion for assigned CSA work packages.
• Prepare accurate monthly cost reports that identify variances in commitments, value of work completed, approved and pending changes, contingency usage, escalation exposure, and forecasted final cost.
• Reconcile project controls data with the owner's financial systems, approved control budgets, contract values, purchase orders, and contractor reporting.
• Review design drawings, specifications, bid packages, scopes of work, schedules, RFIs, submittals, field directives, and change documentation to determine cost impact.
• Perform quantity takeoffs and independent cost checks using civil plans, structural drawings, architectural drawings, BIM models, contractor breakdowns, and field verified quantities.
• Validate civil costs associated with mass excavation, grading, site concrete, foundations, underground structures, stormwater systems, paving, curbs, sidewalks, fencing, and site development.
• Validate structural costs associated with cast in place concrete, reinforcing steel, structural steel, metal decking, embeds, anchor bolts, precast elements, miscellaneous metals, stairs, platforms, and equipment support framing.
• Validate architectural costs associated with building envelope systems, roofing, waterproofing, exterior wall assemblies, doors and hardware, interior partitions, ceilings, raised access floors, cleanroom architectural systems, coatings, firestopping, and interior finishes.
• Evaluate cleanroom and advanced manufacturing architectural packages, including modular wall systems, walkable ceilings, ceiling grids, raised floors, air return walls, specialty sealants, and contamination control finishes.
• Review contractor estimates and proposals for labor, material, equipment, productivity, indirect costs, general conditions, markups, escalation, schedule impacts, and contingency.
• Lead or support change order reviews and negotiations with the owner, construction managers, general contractors, trade contractors, designers, and vendors.
• Identify scope gaps, overlaps, exclusions, allowances, design development exposure, and interface risks between civil, structural, architectural, MEP, process, and tool install packages.
• Track potential change orders, approved change orders, trends, claims, and unresolved commercial issues from identification through final disposition.
• Review payment applications and progress invoices for contractual compliance, percent complete, stored materials, installed quantities, retention, and supporting documentation.
• Assess earned value, production rates, labor hours, installed quantities, and field progress to confirm that reported performance aligns with actual work in place.
• Support bid phase activities, including scope review, bidder questions, estimate normalization, bid leveling, commercial evaluation, recommendation development, and award documentation.
• Develop risk based cost contingencies for design maturity, unknown site conditions, procurement exposure, labor productivity, rework, access constraints, schedule compression, and phased turnover requirements.
• Coordinate with project managers, construction managers, estimators, schedulers, procurement, design teams, field engineering, finance, and commissioning personnel to maintain an integrated cost forecast.
• Provide timely cost analysis and recommendations to senior project leadership and the owner's team in a clear, concise, and decision ready format.
• Maintain audit ready cost records, supporting documentation, assumptions, estimate bases, quantity logs, change files, meeting notes, and approval history.
• Support monthly accruals, commitment reconciliation, purchase order updates, cost coding, invoice resolution, and financial closeout activities.
• Develop and monitor performance metrics for contractor forecasting accuracy, change cycle time, productivity, cost growth, contingency usage, and package closeout.
• Promote standardization, process improvement, cost avoidance, cost reduction, and lessons learned across the project controls team.
• Support final account reconciliation, contract closeout, claims resolution, punch list cost tracking, and turnover of complete cost records.
• Contribute to the development of junior staff through coaching and training in cost engineering practices, tools, and CSA construction cost analysis.

CSA SCOPE KNOWLEDGE

• Civil scope knowledge should include earthwork, excavation, grading, drainage, site concrete, roadways, paving, underground structures, utility corridors, and site logistics.
• Structural scope knowledge should include reinforced concrete, foundations, slabs, structural steel, decking, embeds, anchor systems, equipment pads, platforms, stairs, and miscellaneous metals.
• Architectural scope knowledge should include building envelope, roofing, waterproofing, exterior wall systems, doors, hardware, partitions, ceilings, raised access floors, firestopping, coatings, finishes, and cleanroom architectural assemblies.
• Candidates should understand how CSA scope interfaces with MEP systems, process utilities, cleanroom systems, equipment installation, life safety requirements, commissioning, and phased facility turnover.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of 5 to 7 years of related experience in construction cost engineering, estimating, quantity surveying, project controls, or commercial management.
• Demonstrated experience supporting civil, structural, and architectural construction packages on large, complex projects.
• Experience working for an owner, owner's representative, EPCM firm, general contractor, construction manager, design firm, or major trade contractor.
• Strong understanding of cost control principles, forecasting, change management, earned value, commitment tracking, accruals, and estimate at completion development.
• Ability to read and interpret civil, structural, and architectural drawings, specifications, contracts, bid documents, schedules, and change documentation.
• Experience performing quantity takeoffs, estimate validation, bid leveling, payment application review, and change order analysis.
• Proficiency with cost management and project controls systems such as EcoSys, SAP, Oracle, Prolog, or comparable platforms.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent analytical, written, verbal, negotiation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Peoria, Arizona and operate effectively in a fast paced, multi stakeholder project environment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience on semiconductor fabs, cleanrooms, advanced manufacturing plants, pharmaceutical facilities, battery plants, data centers, or other mission critical projects.
• Experience with large scale concrete, structural steel, building envelope, cleanroom architectural, or site development packages.
• Familiarity with BIM based quantity validation, model based estimating, and design progression cost analysis.
• Knowledge of Arizona construction conditions, regional subcontractor markets, labor productivity, and material pricing is beneficial.
• CCP, CEP, CCEA, CCC, MRICS, or equivalent cost engineering or quantity surveying certification is preferred.

EDUCATION

• A bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or another construction related discipline is preferred. Equivalent relevant experience will be considered.

WHY JOIN WWPS?

This is a full time position with World Wide Professional Solutions. We offer excellent benefits starting Day One, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Life, Short Term, and Long Term Disability.
• Company Matched Retirement Plan.
• Paid Holidays and Paid Time Off.

 

World Wide Professional Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.