Senior Cost Engineer - Change Management and Forecasting (On-site) - Corsicana, TX or Sweetwater, TX

The role

This person will evaluate project changes and develop forward-looking cost exposure for large-scale data center and mission-critical projects. They will own change pricing, trend management, contingency recommendations, and risk-weighted exposure.

What you will do

• Evaluate and forecast potential, pending, approved, and disputed changes.
• Review scope, quantities, labor rates, materials, equipment, and subcontractor quotations.
• Develop independent cost assessments and recommendations to support change negotiations.
• Track changes from identification through evaluation, approval, and resolution.
• Develop approved and risk-adjusted inputs for project budgets, commitments, and cash flow.
• Apply probability, value, timing, and financial impact to unresolved exposure.
• Monitor contingency utilization and recommend event-specific drawdowns.
• Assess cost impacts from design development, field conditions, and procurement.
• Provide controlled change and forecast inputs to the Senior Cost Engineer, Cost Control and Reporting.
• Coordinate with project management, construction, engineering, and contractors.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in construction cost engineering, change management, forecasting, cost control, project controls, commercial cost management, quantity surveying, or a related discip
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Engineering Management, or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience evaluating construction changes and maintaining forecasts on large capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of change, trend, and contingency management; cost forecasting; variance analysis; and EAC development.
• Ability to independently evaluate contractor submissions and identify scope gaps or unsupported costs.
• Experience maintaining change-order, trend, contingency, allowance, exposure, and forecast records.
• Understanding of how design development, field conditions, procurement, schedule movement, sequencing, and risk affect project costs and forecasts.
• Strong commercial judgment, communication, analysis, organization, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with SAP, Oracle, EcoSys, Unifier, Power BI, or similar platforms.

Nice to have

• Experience with hyperscale data centers, mission-critical facilities, or MEP-intensive programs.
• Experience evaluating changes under GMP, lump-sum, design-build, CMAR, cost-plus, or EPC delivery models.
• Experience assessing schedule-related costs, extended general conditions, acceleration, disruption, productivity impacts, and claims.
• Experience with EVM, integrated cost-schedule-risk analysis, cash flow, probabilistic forecasting, claims, allowances, contingency drawdown, retention release, final account negotiation, and unresolve
• AACE Certified Cost Professional, RICS, PMP, or equivalent certification.

Before you apply

• Current US work permit required.
• This position does not offer sponsorship for employment, including H-1B visa sponsorship or transfer.

About the company

Decima International is a professional services company providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East.