POSITION DESCRIPTION
This role will be responsible for cost engineering support for all owners cost (People, internal costs and minor 3rd party), focusing on maintaining the procedures and deliverables associated with cost control and interface activities across projects. This position will be part of the team ensuring the centralisation, standardisation and digitisation of cost engineering for owners costs
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Cost engineering support to operating bases covering owners costs.
Final cost forecast and value of work done submissions for owners costs
Supports the development of standard procedures and templates to simplify, standardise, centralise and digitise owners cost engineering
Work closely with stakeholders within operating bases to understand risks and opportunities around various aspects of owners costs
Work closely with project controls team who performance managing project headcount to support an accurate cost forecast.
Support the development of artificial intelligence cost forecasting
Understand the time-writing process as an input to cost conversion and cost control
Analyse project WBS data to understand variances from plan and impact of actual performance on total installed costs.
Provide cost input to the Headcount Change Notification form; incorporate output into cost reports
Work in SAP and cost related business tools
Support the AGT project teams and provide input to key business processes such as AWP&B, MCE, QPF etc.
Ensure correct coding of all requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, estimates, and develop and maintain all required cost logs and registers.
- Reconcile costs between SAP and CLIENT Cost Management System
ESSENTIAL EDUCATION
Degree educated preferably in an engineering, construction, or business related discipline
EXPERIENCE
Experience working as cost engineer within large organisation or project
Previous knowledge of owners cost forecasting within Client
Ability to organize and prioritize work and meet deadlines.
Ability to recognize and solve problems.
Mindset supporting cost engineering transition towards digitisation
Analytical ability combined with good interpersonal and communication skills.
Excellent skill using Microsoft suite of tools