Cost Engineer

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is currently recruiting for a Cost Engineer to support Projects and Engineering.

This group consists of individuals across the United States working with our facilities on capital project execution.

The Cost Engineer will drive cost best practices in accurate cost analysis, forecasting, and support for project planning.

With proven forecasting skills, the ideal candidate anticipates risks and informs strategic, data-backed decisions to optimize value creation for projects.

This position is a remote position with travel involved.

The amount of travel would be up to 10% dependent on business needs.

Our Team

Our team throughout the United States is made up of individuals with diverse backgrounds supporting project services capabilities across the Georgia Pacific Organization.

The Project Services team builds and strengthens relationships with industry wide partners to successfully execute projects throughout the United States.

Our team is comprised of project controls leads, estimators, risk managers, cost engineers, and other capability leaders to own, develop, and support the Business Process for Projects.

We also drive the development of early project professionals.

What You Will Do


* Monitor and analyze cost to control cost and improve project cost outcomes.


* Identify cost trends, risks, and cost variance and recommend corrective actions.


* Progress tracking; earned value analysis.


* Collaborate with project teams to create and monitor budgets for projects and operational initiatives


* Forecast final financial outcomes


* Maintain project reporting and ad hoc requests for Project and Leadership Teams.


* Collaborate with Project Controls Team to determine cost impacts in areas of scheduling, estimating, risk, and change management.


* Collaborate with key project partners and vendors to ensure fully integrated and accurate cost management.


* Contribute to the strategy to transform our cost capability

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* A minimum of 2 years' experience in Project Controls or Cost Engineering


* Experience supporting the management of construction projects


* Experience in data analytics tools (i.e., Excel, Power BI)


* Demonstrated analytical skills and problem-solving skills on projects


* Demonstrated comfortability and confidence in new systems

What Will Put You Ahead


* A minimum of 5 years' experience in Project Controls or Cost Engineering


* Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering, Construction/Building Science, or Business/Finance/Accounting


* EcoSys software experience


* Qlik software experience

For this role, we anticipate paying $85k - $110k per year.

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