Orenda, Inc

Orenda, Inc

Cost Control Engineer

New York, New York, United States · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$120k-$170kDetected 106 days ago
ExcelProcurementERPCommunicationConstruction ManagementRenewable Energy

About the role

  • Orenda's Project Execution Division is responsible for designing, permitting, procuring equipment, and constructing distributed energy resources.
  • We are seeking a Cost Control Engineer (Governance) to embed a true "owner's check" inside the preconstruction team.
  • This role does not run procurement or contract execution.

Responsibilities

  • Project budget compilation (viability): Build and maintain the project-specific cost baseline used to assess commercial viability, using a standard reference design + quantified variances.
  • Budget governance and change control: Maintain a structured log of potential cost increases/decreases as assumptions evolve. Periodically recommend budget adjustments, with clear rationale, traceability, and an audit trail.
  • Reference design + variance engine: Build and maintain standardized reference cost models by configuration and the quantified variance drivers used to price deltas off schematic inputs (including subsurface and site diligence inputs as available).
  • Allowance & confidence scoring discipline: Enforce explicit allowances for uncertainty (no hidden contingency in unit rates) and maintain a standardized confidence scoring rubric as scope maturity increases.
  • Change sensitivity ("delta pricing"): Maintain a library of common scope-change drivers and unit-rate deltas to enable rapid "what does this change do to cost?" analysis.
  • Artifact traceability: Maintain a clean audit trail for assumptions, sources, and model updates, including a change log for the unit-rate and variance libraries.
  • We develop, build, own and operate battery energy storage projects in dense urban environments to bridge the gap between renewables and electricity consumption.

Requirements

  • Communication: Ability to write concise decision-grade readouts: what changed vs baseline, what is uncertain, and what requires escalation.

Skills

  • Experience estimating or managing civil/GC scopes in dense-urban environments.
  • Experience with BESS projects and NYC constraints (DOB / FDNY / Con Edison).
  • Experience creating base case configurations and variance libraries for repeatable product types.
  • Experience implementing cost controls systems and integrations (ERP, cost code structures, dashboards).
  • Extremely organized and process-oriented; low tolerance for ambiguity left un-owned.
  • Strong judgment and ability to identify where the estimate is fragile and how to de-risk it.
  • Comfortable challenging assumptions and clearly calling out uncertainty.
  • Bias to durable artifacts and repeatable mechanisms over one-off estimates.

Compensation

  • The anticipated base salary range for this full-time position in New York City is $120,000-$170,000 ****per year.
  • The final base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the successful candidate's relevant experience, skills, and qualifications.
  • Bonus: In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible for a significant annual performance-based bonus.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • LifeTime Fitness corporate membership
  • Monthly commuter stipend
  • Learning and education stipend
  • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy
  • Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
  • In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible for a significant annual performance-based bonus.

Company info

  • Orenda's Project Execution Division is responsible for taking projects from late-stage development through commercial readiness and into safe, predictable construction delivery.
  • Orenda is on a mission to make the grid more efficient with renewable energy projects and proprietary asset management technology.

Equal opportunity

  • Orenda Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair and inclusive hiring and employment practices in accordance with federal, New York State, and New York City law.
  • equal opportunity employer committed to fair and inclusive hiring and employment practices in accordance with federal, New York State, and New York City law.
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