Chairborne Global services limited is looking to hire an experienced Cost Control Engineer to
join a major Technical Project (Dredging and Construction).
Duties and Responsibilities
- Monitor compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications.
- Generate project progress charts and cost reports.
- Handle cost engineering functions involving budget preparation, cost control, forecasting and cost reporting.
- Coordinates pricing structure or criteria to be used by each discipline or specialty which meet the objectives of the cost estimate.
- Interpret contract and handle financial risk and current cost control database.
- Monitor detailed dredging project cost and cash flow reports developed by our software.
- Monitor, evaluate and update project cost data on budgeted amounts.
- Reconcile and coordinate project cost data with client status reports.
- Support forecast of time and cost problems by offering trending information.
- Support past period cost performance report and fiscal budget annually.
- Consolidate project data from software to sub-program data.
- Assist in Program Manager’s budgeting process with Area-wise unit cost data.
- Use updated unit cost data to support Service Planning and Estimating.
- Manage Project Management database.
- Handle resource planning, milestone coordination and schedule tasks.
- Contact and support Project Controls and Scheduling individuals in role execution.
- Maintain appropriate corporate estimating records.
- Develop and update cost and resource loaded schedules.
- Establish and maintain harmonious client relationship to support project delivery and client satisfaction.
- Submit monthly reports to Project Manager and support internal reports preparation.
- Supervise planning, scheduling and cost engineering.
- Maintain project personnel relationships with individual discipline group leaders.
- Determine schedule, estimates and work scope to execute and complete deliverables within budget.
- Interact with client counterparts and management to plan and schedule cost presentation.
- Develop and execute measurement systems to process, analyze and identify improvements.
- Analyze data, identify issues and recommend suitably.
- Support cost control as per contractual procedures, objectives and requirements.
- Develop cost trend estimates and new techniques to support project cost trend programs.
- Conduct investigating requirements to estimate and control cost data.
- Support administrative and organizational activities to perform cost analysis and estimation.
- Verify scope trends and estimate costs by using contract terms.
- Execute schedule change management process to approve changes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in an Oil & Gas related company
- Engineering Graduate with an accredited degree in engineering, with specialization in Project Management or Cost Control related training.
- 7 yrs. experience in a relevant capacity in project estimating and cost control.
- Technically strong in project cost planning, scheduling, control, and reporting.
- Relevant certification in project management or project controls, or project planning will be an advantage / preferred.
- Construction trade software (Primavera 6 or MS Projects) is an advantage.
- Microsoft Office (especially Excel and Word).
- Technically strong in project cost planning, scheduling, and reporting.