1. Employment direction: project cost bidding agency, investment and financing of construction projects and investment control, project cost determination and control, bidding decision-making, contract management, project budget (final accounts), project cost analysis, project consultation, project supervision, development, application and technical support of relevant software for project cost management, etc.
2. Possible employers: engineering (cost) consulting companies, construction enterprises (Party B), architectural decoration engineering companies, engineering construction supervision companies, real estate development enterprises, design institutes, accounting and auditing firms, government departments, enterprises and institutions, infrastructure departments (Party A) and other enterprises and institutions.
3. Employment prospect: The prospect of the engineering cost industry is optimistic. The project cost belongs to civil engineering, because every project needs a cost budget, which is essential for this work. There are many buildings in China, including installation and municipal administration. These all require costs and are related to people's livelihood.
Engineering cost specialty is one of the newly-added hot specialties according to the needs of national economy and social development. It is an interdisciplinary subject of social science and natural science based on economics and management theory and led by engineering project management theory and method.