Cost Engineer (Project Control Sr)
Austin, TXFull-time$75–131K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Parsons seeks a Cost Engineer (Project Control Sr) to manage lifecycle budgets, financial forecasts, and change control for heavy civil infrastructure and construction projects. The role focuses on maintaining cost baselines, tracking performance with Earned Value Management, evaluating contractor claims and change orders, and aligning estimates with civil engineering plans and project inputs. The position is full-time and in-office.
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At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.
Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Cost Engineer (Project Control Sr) to join our team! In this role you will get to owns the lifecycle budget management, financial forecasting, and change control for heavy civil infrastructure and construction projects. This role ensures projects are delivered within financial parameters while safeguarding profit margins against complex scope changes.
What You'll Be Doing:
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Budgeting & Baseline Control: Establish and maintain comprehensive project budgets, cash flow projections, and cost baselines for major civil works (e.g., transit, highways, utilities).
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Variance & Change Management: Track performance against forecasts using Earned Value Management (EVM). Evaluate complex contractor claims, change orders, and quantity take-offs.
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Estimating Alignment: Partner with estimators to analyze civil engineering plans, labor productivity rates, and material inputs to refine total cost forecasts.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
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Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or Finance and 6-10 years related working experience
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Proficiency with industry-standard project controls software (e.g., Primavera P6, Prism, or EcoSys)
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Full time/in office
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- The FTA Plus: Experience with public sector infrastructure projects and managing cost reporting tied to federal grants is highly desirable.
Security Clearance Requirement:
None
This position is part of our Corporate team.
For over 80 years, Parsons Corporation, has shaped the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. Our employees work in a close-knit team environment to find new, innovative ways to deliver smart solutions that are used and valued by customers around the world. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, transportation, smart cities, and more, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today.
Salary Range: $74,800.00 - $130,900.00
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!
Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.
We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/ .
About Us
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider focused on the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. With nearly 75 years of experience, Parsons is uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services to federal, regional, and local government agencies, as well as to private industrial customers worldwide.
Parsons is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran/LGBTQ+.
For more about Parsons, visit parsons.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,930 open Project Controls jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$75–131K/yr
- Texas median$100–157K/yr107 salary ranges
- US median$91–154K/yr2,120 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $103K, is 20% below the Texas median midpoint ($129K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Controls salary ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 252 open Project Controls jobs in Texas and 2,930 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- WSP USA33 open
- Turner & Townsend23 open
- CDM Smith22 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Project Controls postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,712 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 748 of the 2,930 open Project Controls jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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