Job Description
Title: Senior Cost Consultant
Location: Chicago, IL (1 hour from downtown/ Lake Michigan)
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $110,000 - $130,000
Must have Skill Set: Cost Estimating Software, Take-off Software, Bid Analysis Sheets, and Change Control Forms
Overview
We are seeking a Senior Cost Consultant to join our team in a central role designed to strengthen our commercial capability and ensure the highest standards of delivery across major programs. This position offers an exceptional opportunity for a senior professional ready to take the next step in a fast-growing region with global visibility. The ideal candidate thrives in a client-facing role, bringing strong communication skills and extensive construction cost management experience to support medium to large-scale construction projects.
Job Duties
- Manage the prequalification of vendors, assess proposals, bids, and bid leveling documents, make client recommendations, and manage appointment processes.
- Develop full project estimates (construction, fees, direct work, etc.), present them to clients, and prepare value engineering recommendations and risk assessments.
- Meet with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs using benchmark data from other projects.
- Establish reporting schedules, review and present cost reports/forecasts, manage project budgets, and maintain commercial risk registers.
- Review payment applications, recommend contractor entitlements, manage requests for change orders, and handle dispute prevention/resolution procedures.
- Manage and monitor the invoicing process, final accounting processes, post-contract audits, and account closeouts.
- Establish lessons learned documents to aid professional development and create training materials.
- Perform all responsibilities using Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or another field related to construction.
- Relevant experience working in a cost management role within the construction industry.
- Experience in construction cost management roles such as Estimating, Cost Engineer, Project Engineer, or Project Cost Controls.
- Proven experience supporting program-level cost management for medium to large-scale construction projects.
- Prior experience with estimating tools and software.
- Strong communication skills and comfort working in a client-facing capacity.
- Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $110,000–$130,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Accounting Policiesunmatched
- Benchmarkingunmatched
- Bid Analysisunmatched
- Billingunmatched
- Budget Managementunmatched
- Change Controlunmatched
- Change Order Managementunmatched
- Change Requests/Ordersunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Construction Estimatesunmatched
- Construction Managementunmatched
- Construction Projectsunmatched
- Consultingunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- Cost Engineeringunmatched
- Cost Estimatesunmatched
- Cost Forecastingunmatched
- Cost Reportingunmatched
- Customer Relationsunmatched
- Process Managementunmatched
- Project Developmentunmatched
- Project Engineeringunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
- Quantity Surveyingunmatched
- Riskunmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Schedule Developmentunmatched
- Value Engineeringunmatched
Level up your application
Professional resume templates
Browse dozens of recruiter approved resume templates, layouts and formats. Choose your favorite and make it your own in minutes.
Free resume templatesFree resume builder
Improve your existing resume or start from scratch and create a standout, ATS-friendly resume. Add job-specific content, download and apply.
Free resume builder