Cost Engineer

Guardian Industries - DeWitt

. Support capital projects across Georgia-Pacific’s North American facilities .

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeRemote • Wisconsin • United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $85,000 - $135,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in project controls and cost engineering, with a strong focus on budgeting, cost forecasting, and variance analysis. Proficient in integrating cost and schedule information to support complex capital projects and deliver accurate financial reporting.

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Project ControlsCost EngineeringBudgetingVariance AnalysisCost Forecasting

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Hard Skills

Cost Control ProceduresData ValidationAccrual DevelopmentChange ControlEarned Value ManagementCash Flow ForecastingCost Performance AnalysisForecast OwnershipCommercial Risk IdentificationCost Reporting

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsProblem-SolvingCommunicationCollaborationCoaching

Tools & Technologies

ExcelEcoSysQlikPower BIEnterprise Resource Planning Systems

Certifications & Qualifications

AACE CCPAACE CEPAACE EVPPMI-SPPMP

Industry Keywords

Capital ProjectsConstruction ManagementManufacturing OperationsEngineering Procurement ConstructionCost and Schedule Integration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support capital projects across Georgia-Pacific’s North American facilities
Partner with project managers and project controls professionals to establish project cost structures, control budgets, and cost-control procedures
Maintain accurate project cost positions covering budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, forecasts, changes, contingency, and management reserve
Coordinate monthly cost-cycle activities, including data validation, accrual development, contractor forecast reviews, period close, and reconciliation
Analyze cost performance, trends, risks, and variances; communicate forecast movement through reports and dashboards; and recommend actions
Integrate cost and schedule information to evaluate progress, earned value, cash flow, forecast phasing, milestone impacts, and delay or acceleration costs
Monitor commitments, contracts, purchase orders, invoices, and payment status; identify gaps, duplicate exposure, uncommitted scope, and commercial risk
Collaborate with scheduling, estimating, risk, and change-management professionals to evaluate cost impacts and translate risks and opportunities into exposure, contingency scenarios, and forecast ranges
Maintain timely, accurate, and auditable cost information with internal partners, contractors, and vendors
Transform and integrate data from multiple systems into reliable, analysis-ready datasets and provide recurring or ad hoc insights
Coach project team members and external partners on cost-control expectations, coding discipline, forecast ownership, and timely supporting-data submission
Deliver timely, accurate, and traceable monthly cost reporting; identify cost pressure and cash-flow impacts early; align financial and schedule records; and provide concise leadership reporting

Requirements

What you’ll need

Two or more years of experience in project controls, cost engineering, or a related project-cost role supporting construction, capital, or other complex projects
Hands-on experience with budgeting, commitments, actual costs, accruals, cost forecasting, variance analysis, and change control across multiple work packages or commercial commitments
Experience using Excel and a project controls, enterprise resource planning, or financial system to reconcile and analyze large cost datasets
Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret complex data and develop practical conclusions
Experience communicating complex cost information clearly to project teams and business leaders through reports, dashboards, or presentations
Ability to collaborate across project disciplines and appropriately challenge unsupported cost, forecast, or progress information
Willing and able to travel up to 25% (project dependent)
Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, construction management, building science, business, finance, accounting, or a related field (preferred)
Five or more years of experience in project controls or cost engineering (preferred)
Experience supporting large or complex capital projects for an owner organization or in an engineering, procurement, and construction environment, particularly within a manufacturing or industrial operation (preferred)
Experience with EcoSys or a comparable Enterprise Project Performance (EPP) system and visualization tools such as Qlik or Power BI (preferred)
Working knowledge of earned value management, cost and schedule integration, and cash-flow forecasting (preferred)
Relevant certification or active progress toward certification, such as AACE CCP, CEP, or EVP; PMI-SP; PMP; or a comparable project controls credential (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible spending and health savings accounts
Life insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance
Disability insurance
Retirement plan
Paid vacation/time off
Educational assistance
May include infertility assistance
May include paid parental leave
May include adoption assistance
Remote work arrangement