Cost Engineer

H&K Group

Posted 2 months ago

Full Time

Skippack Township, Pennsylvania

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Cost Engineer is responsible for supporting projects through detailed cost reporting, purchasing, and invoice processing. They must ensure accurate job cost tracking, maintain purchase order systems, and facilitate communication between field personnel and project management.

Qualifications

You have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university or one year of related experience. You are proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and possess strong verbal and written communication skills.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

Outlook

OSHA

Purchasing

Cost Reporting

Job Description

Overview

the H&K Group, Inc. is looking for a Cost Engineer to support the projects with cost reporting and purchasing. The ideal candidate is good with people, detail oriented, self-motivated, and flexible. 

Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?

  • Competitive salary commensurate with experience
  • 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
  • 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
  • Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
  • Additional training programs including on the job, online through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

  • Performs all work according to OSHA and H&K Safety policies
  • Reviews timesheets, material receipts, and subcontractor invoices for completeness
  • Computes and reviews total job cost applied to the site work jobs on a daily basis by entering all material receipts into the system
  • Calculates profit/loss at both a cost level and per unit
  • Locates errors in Purchase Order system while verifying material/subcontractor invoices along with Accounts Payable
  • Creating Purchases Orders for materials ordered from field personnel
  • Receipting of all packing slips for assigned divisions
  • Indexing of all packing slips
  • Track purchases, costs, prices, and inventory utilizing various software
  • Open communication between Foreman/Superintendent and Project Managers/Estimators to discuss costs and make any changes if necessary
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university OR one year of related experience and/or training
    • Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Problem solving
  • Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
  • Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)

 Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

  • 2 years of relevant experience and/or training
  • Working knowledge of Explorer software and HCSS products (Heavyjob, E360)
  • Experience with cost reporting and purchasing for heavy civil construction
  • OSHA or other relevant safety certifications

Physical Demands

  • Frequently required to sit, use hands to type and write
  • Regularly required to answer phone, talk, and hear
  • Vision abilities include close, distance, color, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

  • Controlled office environment out of the elements
  • Noise level is usually moderate

The H&K Group, Inc. provides complete heavy civil contracting and construction materials solutions with safety, speed, quality, efficiency, and value. Beginning as a small family business a half century ago, we are now a dynamic group of vertically integrated companies that has been growing and prospering for over 50 years.

Thank you for your interest in employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our people, providing the essential training, instruction, and supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our company. We acknowledge that H&K’s strength and success is directly related to our employees and the talents, dedication, and job performance they exemplify. We seek dynamic, motivated people who are driven to make a difference.

H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people to join our team.

Pre-employment drug testing (EOE)

Pre-employment Physical

100% Company-Paid Health Benefits!

H&K Group

H&K Group, Inc. (H&K) is a family of vertically integrated companies serving the heavy civil contracting and construction materials sectors with over 80 operations throughout eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. We provide: heavy civil construction services – site & land development, transportation & structures, water & wastewater, design-build & value engineering, demolition, emergency response, construction materials – crushed stone, sand & gravel, asphalt, ready-mix and precast concrete and high quality building materials – manufactured concrete block, biosoils, landscape materials and more. While embracing the legacy of “H&K” as our founders envisioned it, our new generation of family leadership is committed to refining our corporate goals and focusing intently on the future. With contemporary vision, strategy and a keen eye on technology and innovation, we continue to pioneer new processes and set new industry standards that consistently exceed our client’s most demanding project expectations. Here at H&K, we live and work by a value system that places accountability, quality and integrity above all business practices and principals. In so doing, we have built a company culture that creates exceptional products and services while remaining socially responsible, ethical and fair in all that we do. By operating in this manner we have created a code of trust in our customers, clients, employees, and the communities in which we operate that is unrivaled in our industry. Though large in capability, strength, experience and value, we are unique in our ability to remain hands-on, engaged and local in the way we conduct business at H&K. This, we believe, is the H&K difference. We welcome the opportunity to provide our credentials, qualifications, and project experience to you.
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