Senior Cost Engineer
Location: Doha, Qatar
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Purpose
Lead the development and implementation of procedures, tools, and standards for project planning, estimating, budgeting, cost allocation, monitoring & control, forecasting, and reporting for an operations expansion and start-up program in a major energy operator.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish, standardize, control, and report budgets, commitments, Value of Work Done (VOWD), forecasts, and contingency usage.
- Develop cost allocation methodologies across ventures/assets and coordinate cost-sharing frameworks with internal stakeholders.
- Prepare funding and budgeting submissions; align with internal stakeholders through to approvals.
- Maintain project cost control procedures and tools within the company’s project management framework; ensure contractor compliance.
- Monitor, analyze, and challenge contractor cost data, change orders, forecasts, and claims.
- Review invoices, timesheets, and plant/equipment usage to validate progress and support accurate cash payments.
- Compile monthly cost reports: budget, commitments, VOWD, forecast at completion, variances, and narrative.
- Coordinate with Finance and relevant stakeholders on reporting, cash calls, and funding updates.
- Develop owner’s cost analyses and projections for management reporting.
- Verify and challenge contractor VOWD using progress reports, deliverable registers, and CTRs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or Construction Management (or equivalent).
Experience
- 8+ years in project controls within major oil & gas / energy organizations.
- 6+ years on petrochemical/industrial projects of comparable scale and complexity.
- Familiarity with stage-gate delivery across brownfield and greenfield, onshore and offshore projects.
Skills & Tools
- Advanced MS Excel; working knowledge of Power BI and SAP (or equivalent cost systems).
- Strong analytical capability; high attention to detail; ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Able to interpret technical drawings/documentation and communicate effectively across organizational levels.
- Proficient in written and spoken English.