Job Description Summary

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Leadership Governance & Team Development

• Lead and oversee all project cost engineering activities including estimating cost control forecasting and reporting ensuring alignment with project strategy and execution plans.
• Establish and maintain the projects cost control framework defining CBS structures cost coding standards and methodologies consistent with WBS and corporate governance.
• Develop and manage cost engineering resources including staffing plans performance reviews training and mentoring to drive consistency capability and compliance with company procedures and audit standards.

Estimating Pricing & Benchmarking

• Review and verify design scope quantities and criteria for completeness and reasonableness; develop additional estimating bases when definition is incomplete.
• Establish conceptual estimate scopes and cost study parameters when early design definition is unavailable.
• Coordinate with discipline leads to develop pricing structures unit rates and productivity bases for all construction and engineering activities.
• Review proposal provisions and cost engineering requirements for bids; prepare supporting data for contract negotiations.
• Review vendor quotations and update cost databases applying accurate material unit rates and productivity factors.
• Develop and review indirect cost estimates including temporary facilities construction services tools equipment startup
• Conduct bid evaluations and support discussions with vendors and procurement teams to ensure competitive and accurate pricing.

Integration with Planning & Scheduling

• Demonstrate strong capability to align and integrate with Planning and Scheduling functions ensuring consistency between cost forecasts progress curves and schedule logic.
• Collaborate with the Lead Planning Engineer to synchronize cost and schedule baselines and maintain Earned Value Management (EVM) integrity.
• Provide cost phasing and cash-flow data to the Integrated Master Schedule and support time-based cost analysis.
• Jointly analyze cost and schedule trends to identify schedule-driven cost risks and cost-driven schedule impacts.
• Support delay and change impact assessments ensuring financial implications of schedule shifts are captured.

Cost Control Forecasting & Performance Measurement

• Define project cost control needs and procedures in line with contractual and corporate requirements.
• Supervise the collection verification and integration of scope and quantities across disciplines into a total cost plan.
• Monitor actual and committed costs versus budget; perform variance productivity and trend analyses.
• Develop and maintain Estimate-at-Completion (EAC) Cost-to-Complete (CTC) and cost trend forecasts supported by statistical and data-driven techniques.
• Supervise cost recording monitoring and reporting practices for compliance with applicable standards.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of cost reports and dashboards; issue periodic cost reports to project and corporate management.
• Create and implement measurement systems for performance metrics using statistical tools (e.g. regression variance correlation) to identify improvement areas.

Change Risk & Opportunity Management

• Quantify evaluate and track all change orders claims and variations to maintain alignment with the contractual and commercial baseline.
• Maintain and continuously update the cost-risk register incorporating probabilistic assessments where applicable.
• Analyze cost drivers recommend mitigation or opportunity actions and monitor their effectiveness.
• Prepare cost impact analyses for scope design and schedule changes in collaboration with Planning Engineering and Commercial.

Sales Alignment & Stakeholder Interface

• Work closely with the Sales Manager and Finance to ensure reconciliation between project cost data forecasts and contractual values.
• Interface with GE management client representatives and key stakeholders for cost and trend presentations.
• Support contract negotiations substantiation of claims and commercial decision-making with reliable cost data.
• Guarantee traceability between cost forecasts supplier commitments invoices and earned value.

Studies Benchmarking & Continuous Improvement

• Coordinate inputs for special cost studies ensuring integration of all activities and full work-scope identification.
• Evaluate study outcomes prepare recommendations and present results to the project team.
• Develop innovative cost control and estimating techniques to meet evolving project needs.
• Utilize historical data statistical analysis and cost-quantity comparisons to improve forecast accuracy.
• Drive digitalization of cost management workflows using Power BI Power Platform and Primavera integrations.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance cost accuracy efficiency and cross-functional collaboration.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Quantity Surveying Construction Management or Finance (Masters degree is an advantage).
• AACE Certified Cost Professional (CCP) or equivalent professional certification is strongly preferred.
• 5 years experience in cost engineering estimating and cost control for large industrial or infrastructure projects. Experience in Electrification HVDC Substations Grid Integration or Oil and Gas is preferred.
• Strong expertise in cost management and ERP systems (SAP Oracle or equivalent) and advanced Excel / Power BI capability for analytics and visualization.
• Comprehensive understanding of WBS / CBS structures performance measurement and Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Demonstrated capability to manage stakeholders and operate within multicultural environments.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Curious proactive and committed to continuous improvement and knowledge sharing in cost management practices.

What We Offer:

• Extensive opportunities for personal and professional development.
• A permanent emloyment within a rapidly growing company.
• Flat hierarchies and a pleasant working atmosphere and company culture.
• Attractive compensation based on collective agreements including Christmas and vacation bonuses and company social benefits.

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