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

Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International’s founders established a simple yet powerful formula: Approach each client engagement as a partnership , create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards.

We are seeking a highly experienced, hands-on Senior Cost Engineer - Change Management and Forecasting to support practical construction change management and cost forecasting across large-scale data center and mission-critical projects, with transferable experience from infrastructure, EPC, industrial, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, or other large capital project environments. The Senior Cost Engineer - Change Management and Forecasting provides hands-on evaluation of project changes and develops the forward-looking cost exposure used in the campus forecast. The role owns change pricing, trend management, contingency recommendations, risk-weighted exposure and change-related EAC movement, but does not own the full monthly project cost report.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Evaluate and forecast potential, pending, approved, and disputed changes, including PCOs, change orders, construction change directives, contractor proposals, trends, and emerging cost events. Review scope, quantities, labor rates, materials, equipment, subcontractor quotations, markups, productivity assumptions, and supporting documentation; identify scope gaps, duplicate or unsupported costs, inaccurate quantities, excessive markups, unreasonable assumptions, and incomplete backup. Develop independent cost assessments, comparisons, and recommendations to support change negotiations, project leadership, and the Contracts team.

Track changes from identification through evaluation, approval, forecast incorporation, and resolution; maintain auditable change-order, trend, contingency, allowance, exposure, and forecast records. Develop approved and risk-adjusted inputs for project budgets, commitments, cash flow, contingency, and EAC, including pending changes, unresolved scope, construction risk, procurement exposure, escalation, and anticipated costs. Apply probability, value, timing, and financial impact to unresolved exposure; analyze change-related EAC movement and explain key drivers, assumptions, risks, and recommended actions.

Monitor contingency utilization, recommend event-specific drawdowns, and confirm contractor forecasts appropriately reflect changes, remaining scope, schedule impacts, and unresolved exposure. Assess cost impacts from design development, scope clarification, field conditions, sequencing, delays, acceleration, disruption, and procurement; coordinate with scheduling and project controls on duration-related costs and extended general conditions. Provide controlled change and forecast inputs to the Senior Cost Engineer, Cost Control and Reporting; prepare management reports and presentations and escalate material exposure, forecast movement, documentation gaps, and unresolved issues.

Coordinate with project management, construction, engineering, design, procurement, contracts, scheduling, finance, project controls, and contractors; support claims, allowance reconciliation, unresolved changes, final account closeout, and other assigned duties.

QUALIFICATIONS

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 discipline. Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Engineering Management, or a related technical field.