Job Description
Location: Vancouver BC
Hourly Rate: $55 - 60/hour
Type of Employment: Contract
Duration: 1 Year
Role & Responsibilities:
- Reviews and recommends appropriate actions in the processing of Owners Cost accounts against best practice methodologies ensuring compliance against processes and procedures developing new and required procedures and processes as necessary
- Reviews planned and issued purchase requisitions for goods and services to ensure that they are within the project scope the approved budget and that the correct cost coding has been assigned
- Reviews Change Requests Change Orders and potential changes as applicable and recommends appropriate actions
- Develops manages and reports on Owners costs
- Prepares regular periodic and ad-hoc cost reports
- Reviews and recommends payment certificates for approval
- Performs analysis and initiates trends for all potential cost variations or risks
- Performs incurred cost functions and analysis as assigned
- Prepares cost flows as assigned
- Reviews and performs analysis on PCNs
- Performs detailed analysis to estimate trends and forecast final cost
- Develops implements and hands over efficient forecasting models for use against various Commercial strategies employed by various Contracts
- Prepare reports (weekly monthly ad-hoc) and others as required
- Ensures system data and integrity maintained and up to date
- Other duties as assigned by the Project Controls Manager (or designate).
Qualifications / Requirements:
- University degree in engineering/business administration or an equivalent combination of education training and experience
- Minimum 5 years experience in cost management preferably on large engineering/construction projects within the mining industry on the owners team
- Knowledge of Cost Management best practices (AACEI PMI etc.)
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a diverse work team
- Experience in the use and application of cost management systems.
- Experience in PM or Prism is an asset
- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of MS Excel and MS Access
- Strong SAP experience
- Commercially astute with a strong background in cost analysis
- Experience in claims management and productivity analysis is an asset
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)
- Experience with multiple contracting models and compensation terms including unit rate lump sum and reimbursable
- Adaptability to perform in demanding work environments
Must have:
- Mining experience required
- Heavy industrial required
- Underground scheduling
- Primavera P6
- Remote lifestyle and location candidates must be okay with this