What is a project cost engineer?

At present, many high-tech and intelligent consulting companies engaged in intermediary services in the field of construction engineering compete for the white-collar talent of "registered cost engineer" with high salaries and benefits.

In order to be in line with international standards, China began to take the qualification examination of registered cost engineer from 1997. However, due to strict examination requirements and careful qualification examination, there are less than 10,000 registered engineering cost engineers issued by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Construction. Therefore, the value of cost engineers in the talent market is rising all the way, and they are praised as "elite talents" by the construction industry, and all kinds of construction enterprises are vying for it.

Registered cost engineers generally have bachelor degree or above in architecture and intermediate title or above, and often have the qualification of engineering evaluation. Most of them have professional backgrounds such as architectural design or industrial and civil architecture, steel structure design, etc. They assume important responsibilities such as project manager, construction supervisor or financial consultant in the architectural design and construction of highways, subways, bridges or high-rise buildings, and play a leading role in design, construction, investment, management or operation. They not only understand the theory of architectural specialty, but also have practical command experience. At the same time, through the construction of fiscal and financial laws; He not only has the command ability of construction site management and coordination, but also has the business planning ability of strategizing investment and financial management, so he can be called a general or think tank in the construction industry. According to the person in charge of recruitment of Shanghai Oriental Investment Supervision Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Huadong Construction Development Design Co., Ltd., due to the shortage of cost engineers in the market at present, the recruitment age is generally relaxed to men under 50 years old, women under 40 years old, registered cost engineers with senior titles, and men under 65 years old, both part-time and retired. The salary structure generally adopts the system of "monthly salary plus performance bonus", and the bonus is not capped. The royalty bonus is calculated according to the contracted project and its total investment, and the highest proportion can reach 10% of the total fund of the contracted project. It is reported that most of the talents who hold the qualification certificate of certified cost engineer hold senior positions in enterprises, such as chief economist, chief designer, chief accountant or general manager of the project, project manager, department manager and technical director. Many enterprises in transition implement the annual salary system for these talents, plus the performance commission award, and the average monthly income is more than 10 thousand yuan.