Crystal W. Wensil
Junior Cost Engineer, Commercial office
Raleigh, NC · (919) 555 0142 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/crystalwwensil
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Two years in cost control and estimating support
INDUSTRIES
Commercial office, retail, light institutional
SPECIALTIES
Quantity takeoff, cost coding, budget versus actual reporting
SYSTEMS
Procore, Bluebeam Revu, Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Occupational Safety and Health Administration ten hour card
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in construction management, North Carolina State University
Executive Summary
Junior cost engineer two years out of a construction management degree, supporting a commercial general contractor on budgets between twelve and forty million dollars. Does the takeoffs, tracks the cost codes and prepares the monthly cost report for the project manager to review.
Signature Achievements
- Rebuilt the monthly cost report so code variances fit one page, cutting preparation from two days to half a day.
- Completed takeoffs on eight bid packages with quantities within three percent of the awarded subcontract values.
- Found a duplicated allowance of forty two thousand dollars during a budget reconciliation before the owner saw it.
- Leveled fourteen subcontractor bids and produced the scope comparison sheet used in the award meeting.
Professional Experience
Junior Cost Engineer
Neuse Valley Construction Company, Raleigh, NC 2024 to present
Cost control support for two commercial project teams.
- Prepares quantity takeoffs and unit cost checks from drawings for estimators and project managers.
- Maintains cost codes in Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate and posts committed costs at award.
- Assembles backup for monthly owner pay applications and helps price change order requests.
Project Engineering Intern
Piedmont Crossing Builders, Durham, NC 2023 to 2024
Two summers and a semester with the field team.
- Logged submittals and requests for information in Procore and chased outstanding items weekly.
- Helped the superintendent update the three week look ahead schedule.
- Walked punch list items and recorded the corrections in the daily report.
Licensure and Certification
Occupational Safety and Health Administration ten hour construction card
Student member, Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International
Education
Bachelor of Science in construction management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 2024
Core Skills
Quantity takeoff · Cost code tracking · Budget versus actual reporting · Bid leveling support · Change order pricing · Pay application backup · Bluebeam Revu takeoff · Microsoft Excel modeling