Senior Cost Engineer – Heavy Civil & Tunneling – Midtown, New York, NY

Location: Midtown, Manhattan, New York, NY (on-site, 5 days per week)

Compensation: Salary cap of $200,000 + benefits

The Opportunity

HeatherDaniel International (HDi), a construction recruitment specialist, is exclusively searching for a Senior Cost Engineer to join a Tier-1 infrastructure project in Midtown, Manhattan. This is a high-visibility role supporting large-scale, complex tunneling and heavy civil works.

If you thrive in the commercial controls of a major infrastructure programme — the “Logos” of project controls — and have the grit to manage high-stakes contractor negotiations in the heart of New York City, this is your next career move. The role demands an on-site presence five days a week in Midtown. You must be able to commute there daily.

We are moving at pace. This is an urgent requirement for a local New York expert with a track record in infrastructure cost management.

Key Responsibilities

• Commercial controls: Lead commercial controls for heavy civil and tunneling infrastructure.
• Change: Manage and price complex change orders.
• Negotiation: Direct contractor negotiations for multi-million dollar packages.
• On-site presence: Be on site five days a week in Midtown NYC.

Requirements

• Experience: A deep background in heavy civil construction and complex tunneling projects.
• Location: Must be able to commute to Midtown NYC daily.
• Status: US Citizens or Green Card holders only. We cannot offer visa sponsorship for this urgent requirement.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary cap: $200,000 + benefits.

Next Step

Interviews are being arranged now. If you are a local NYC expert with a track record in infrastructure cost management, book a confidential briefing.

Why candidates choose HDi

We start with you, not with a requisition to fill. The people we place today are often the clients who hire us tomorrow. That only works if we treat the first conversation with care.

We know what a Quantity Surveyor is. We work in verticals — cost, project advisory, claims and dispute, built-environment leadership, and data center and mission-critical programmes — not as a generalist shop that learns your job from a Wikipedia page.

We are honest about salary and fit, even when the answer is no. We do not mailshot your curriculum vitae. We do not share it without your consent. That promise is written in full on our Candidate Charter.

We stay with you from the first call through interview, offer, resignation and start.

A major statewide consultancy in the United States, headquartered in New York, has hired us on a retainer.

We are working with a major international consultancy and have placed nearly forty people with them this year.

Our Candidate Charter: You are a person, not a placement. We are honest on salary and fit. Your curriculum vitae is never shared without your consent. We reply, even when there is no update. We stay with you through the whole move.

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