Cost Analyst

Position Description

Acts as subject matter expert on Client, Consultant and Trade contractual terms and conditions.

Essential Duties

Responsibilities*:

• Set up, negotiate, enforce and educate the various contracts on a project or in a given Business Unit or Region.
• Support Business development with contract review and negotiations as required.
• Support the Purchasing, Estimating and Operations Departments with special contract needs (ie. design consultants) or where there are exceptions to the standard agreements.
• Ensure the project(s) is following the contract and that we have proper documentation in place.
• Advise the Project Manager (PM), Senior Project Manager (SPM) or Project Executive (PX) of staff requirements to ensure contract compliance.
• All letters to be responded to within 24 hours, 48 hours maximum, or as required by the contract or specific strategy.
• Ensure documentation from other aspects of project (e.g. transmittals, Requests for Information (RFI), emails, etc.) are consistent with the contract.
• Train, advise and track consistency of this correspondence's compliance with contract requirements.
• Read and determine staff action required on all incoming letters.
• Establish a workflow for the key processes that will ensure compliance with the contract.
• The key is to be efficient with the response reducing the duplicity of handling correspondence (e.g. multiple people reading the same letter without a strategy or responsible person).
• Strategize position and response on all contract issues in conjunction with project leadership.
• Consult with in-house or appropriate legal counsel at project startup and periodically throughout the project duration.
• Assist in resolution of code interpretation discrepancies as required.
• Write and/or review all letters with factual assistance from others as needed.
• Develop appropriate tools to ensure all issues are tracked, addressed and serve their intended purpose or potential purposes in the future.
• Communicate to staff (staff meetings) the general direction issues are heading and the Company's position.
• Attend Senior Staff Meetings and update on progress and issues as necessary.
• Assess and recommend process changes to reduce waste and inefficiency.
• Educate, mentor and train others to advance the skills of the project team, Business Unit and/or Region.