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Cost Engineer-November 2024
Roseville
Nov 14, 2025
About Cost Engineer

  Cost Engineer

  Office or Project Location Roseville, CA

  Company Rudolph and Sletten, Inc.

  Job Code 2119

  Rudolph & Sletten, a Tutor Perini Company, is seeking a Cost Engineer to join our office in Roseville CA.

  About Rudolph & Sletten:

  In the last six decades, Rudolph and Sletten has built thousands of projects across our five California offices, from research centers designed to cure diseases , to institutions that educate future generations, to civic facilities and high-tech campuses that move our state forward.

  Just like the buildings we construct; our reputation is built to stand the test of time. Our success is owed to our diverse, talented personnel combined with our technological expertise, honest estimates, innovative schedules, and ethical business practices.

  We're excited to see where the future takes us. Between new building and construction technology, better earth-friendly materials and techniques, all our phenomenal employees and the amazing people we get to work with, we’re looking forward to building more award-winning projects for decades to come.

  Across California our notableclients include Kaiser Permanente, Cedars-Sinai, Children's Hospitals LA and Oakland, Rady Children's Hospital, Scripps Health, Sharp Healthcare, Stanford Children's Hospital, USC, City of Hope, UCSF, UCSD Hillcrest, UC Davis Health, John Muir Health, Common Spirit, El Camino Hospital, Providence and Sutter Health,Johnson and Johnson, Gilead, Salk Institute, Western Digital, Oracle, Seagate, Intuit, San Diego Symphony, the Judicial Council of California, and UC and CSU higher education systems.

  At Rudolph & Sletten you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of large, high-profile, projects that impact your community.

  Extraordinary Projects need Exceptional Talent… Let’s Build

  DESCRIPTION:

  Rudolph and Sletten is looking for a Cost Engineer toPerform routine and non-routine cost/estimating assignments, which require the selection and application of resource monitoring and control principles, techniques, and technical knowledge of a construction project. Position responsible for timeliness and accuracy of reports for the project. This includes performing tasks that include, but are not limited to:

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  Perform quantity takeoff for self-performed and subcontractor work

  Solicit subcontractor/vendor quotations, and distribute bid documents, being knowledgeable of respective scopes of work and responsibilities

  Assist in preparing bidding documents (Instructions to Bidders, Attachments, Bid Forms, Appendices, etc.) for a smaller project or a specific phase or component of a larger project

  Assist in preliminary budgets and final bid estimates for a smaller project or a specific phase or component of a larger project

  Relate the actual field cost to the estimated costs

  Maintain a daily project diary and cost reports during field training to provide the estimating staff with actual R&S crew productivity information

  Become knowledgeable of the R&S safety program and procedures as they relate to a specific project and how they are accounted for in the estimate

  Other duties as assigned

  Perform tasks required to develop and maintain budgets for the project. Includes coding timesheets, invoices, etc., collecting actual installed, monitor progress per cost account, etc.

  Support supervision or construction management through preparation and maintenance of budgets and forecasts. Includes identifying potential cost overruns, reforecasting over-expended accounts, etc.

  Accurately reporting quantities of work completed on a weekly and monthly basis.

  Supervise updating of construction forecast to reflect most accurate/current cost and estimate information.

  Interface with other construction departments to provide cost/budget data for items such as subcontract change requests, bid comparisons, new work item estimates, and expenditure control.

  May provide supervision and/or on-the-job training to clerical and entry level professional personnel assigned to area of responsibility.

  Perform additional assignments per supervisor’s direction.

  Recognize and estimate changes.

  Monitors back charges and log.

  Performs quantity takeoffs.

  Preparing the progress payment Application.

  Develops cash flow projection with Project Controller and submits to Home Office and Owner (if required).

  Provides proactive claims protection.

  Tracks and monitors all cost reports.

  Updates all labor and unit projections.

  Monitoring the cost of materials, labor costs, and other expenses to ensure that they do not exceed budgeted amounts.

  Developing and maintaining cost estimates for construction projects to ensure that the project will be profitable based on target profit margins.

  Preparing Purchase Orders and Subcontracts.

  Examining purchasing contracts to ensure compliance with government regulations regarding contracting rules, laws, and policies.

  REQUIREMENTS:

  Bachelors degree, in civil or structural engineering or construction management or related field

  Minimum one (1) years ofconstruction cost/estimating experience or equivalent combinations training and related experience.

  Knowledge of scheduling, estimating, and cost software.

  Working knowledge of and ability to select/apply resource monitoring and control techniques i.e., cost accounting, budget analysis, etc. as well as an understanding of the nature of process systems, structures and construction technology required.

  Demonstrate understanding and awareness of the contract

  Demonstrated logical problem solving skills, including conceptual and analytical skills

  Requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and oral.

  Manage multiple demands simultaneously

  Works well at project sites in the field environment

  Intermediate knowledge of Windows Operating Systems; Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.

  Knowledge of Procore software or similar software.

  Knowledge of AutoCAD product line.

  Knowledge of Bluebeam software.

  Ability to read Blueprints.

  Ability to travel within the greater Sacramento Region and work intermittently at jobsite locations.

  Knowledge of Lean Construction practices.

  Expected annual salary range for this job is $80,000 - $100,000 depending on experience and region.

  Rudolph & Sletten builds extraordinary projects with exceptional talent. Join us and together we will build the future

  Equal Opportunity Employer

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