Also called: Construction Cost Auditor, Construction Contract Auditor
Checks a building project’s costs for the owner, making sure the contractor charged only what the contract allows.
You comb through invoices, timesheets and change orders for a new hospital wing. You find that a subcontractor billed overtime twice and a rental crane sat idle for weeks, and you write it up to recover the money.
Estimated; audit firm and large owner roles.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in accounting or construction management.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Accounting, Construction Management, Finance.
Growing about average. Big public and private projects increasingly require cost audits.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI flags odd invoices fast; reading contracts and negotiating recoveries stays human.
Classes: Accounting, Business math, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2011.
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