National Grid Hiring for Senior Field Cost Engineer at Waltham, MA  Full Time

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National Grid is hiring a Sr. Field Cost Engineer for our New England Electric Field Cost Engineering department in Waltham, MA. This is a hybrid position.

The New England Electric Field Cost Engineering team manages, supports and monitors unit rate-based contracts and contractual relationships for outsourced complex and non-complex electric construction contracts for National Grid.

• Evaluate and analyze unit rate-based construction field cost engineering including inspection, study, review, cost validation, investigation and assessment as well as change order reconciliation, negotiation and dispute resolution to ensure the annual electric capital construction workplan assigned to contracted resources is effectively delivered
• Foster relationships with external contractors along with internal stakeholders including but not limited to Construction, Project/Program Management, Procurement, Engineering, Safety and Emergency Planning
• Support the New England External Line Resource Unit during weather events

• A bachelor’s degree is required
• 3-5 years of experience in contracts, construction management, project management or engineering within the electric utility or other technical industry preferred
• 3-5 years of quantitative and qualitative pricing analysis and validation in construction is preferred
• 2-3 years of estimating background is preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Power BI, MS Teams, SharePoint, Power Point, Excel and Word required
• Valid driver’s license required