Breanna Wallace

City, State, Zip Code

Home: 000-000-0000 | Cell: 000-000-0000

email@email.com

Summary

Skilled Cost Engineer with extensive experience providing financial analysis and cost support as a key member of Project Teams. Talented at working with key stakeholder groups to gain an understanding of project requirements to provide insightful cost management and proper execution forecasting tools. Well-versed in monitoring preparing and reporting capital costs in monthly forecasts cash flows and estimates at completion of a project.

Highlights
  • Project scheduling
  • Public & Governmental relations
  • Financial analysis
  • Burn rates
  • Plant facility projects
  • Cost controls / cost management activities
  • Capital project cost reporting
  • Accruals & allocations
  • Forecasting
  • Matrix environments
Experience
Senior Cost Engineer
9/1/2007 – Current
Company Name
City, State
  • Provide the tools and systems necessary to effectively manage control and report on cost and schedule for concurrent projects throughout the organization
  • Identify and track all changes or potential changes to the project scope ensuring estimates of cost changes and schedule impact are given visibility with the client and project management
  • Integrate cost and schedule data reporting with the company’s accounting and management information systems to facilitate meeting company performance and financial goals
  • Monitor cost and quantity of engineered equipment and bulk commodities and their comparison to the budget
  • Identify and understand the basis of established budgets derived from the original work scope
  • Prepare presentation materials and participates in the client and internal Project Management meetings
Cost Engineer
11/1/2004 – 8/1/2007
Company Name
City, State
  • Administered variance program and assisted in the change management effort in a timely fashion
  • Ensured proper timing of schedule production compatibility and credibility of schedules.
  • Guided subcontractors in preparation of schedules and look ahead plans
  • Updated project progress on a routine basis against established scope schedules and budgets
  • Coordinated and supervised take offs of all quantities to be installed and for all units actually installed for input
  • Maintained CPM logic networks; detailed work plans and look ahead plans in assigned areas
  • Processed and tracked budget transfers and change orders
  • Helped Lead Project Controls Engineer/Specialists in the preparation of cost and schedule reports
Education
Bachelor of Science – Construction Management: Cost Engineering Specialization
XXXX – XXXX
UC Davis Extension
City, State
Affiliations

Member – Authority for Total Cost Management

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