Duties & Responsibilities:
As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:
- Provide all cost engineering expertise and coordinate activities as group/unit leader as required.
- Responsible for the preparation review monitoring analysis and reporting of all projects associated capital expenditures and spending.
- Review and analyze claims and change orders and assist in preparation of cost portion of engineering procurement and construction contracts.
- Assist with the preparation of cost portion of the engineering procurement and construction contracts.
- Review multidiscipline conceptual detailed and definitive cost estimates for the companys capital projects to ensure accuracy completeness and compliance with the scope of work.
- Review and/or verify Material Takeoff (MTO s) against engineering documents or packages for estimates prepared by engineering contractors.
- Assist project management team in the negotiation of project contract as required.
- Initiate appropriate action when the total forecast indicates allocated funds will be exceeded.
- Interface with multiple operating facilities to review and discuss project scope and estimate basis including visits to area of construction.
- Demonstrate experience in the use of cost and estimating tools and the application of market conditions and risk management to estimates.
- Advise of company cost engineering methods & procedures and prepare developmental assignments for lower level cost engineers.
- Keep abreast of significant developments in cost engineering by close review of technical literature publications magazines and attendance of professional and technical meetings.
Requirements
- You must hold a Bachelors degree in Engineering preferably in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering or Construction Management Economics Business Administration or a closely related discipline.
- You should have a minimum of 12 years cost engineering experience in projects including a minimum of 10 years in design construction or operation of refining or petrochemical facilities
- You must be able to demonstrate an overall knowledge of computerestimating programs such as Aspentech CCE (Capital Cost Estimator) Timberline etc. and shall be familiar with estimate databases such as Means Richardson and SAP.