Requisition ID: 267972

• Relocation Authorized: None
• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework
• Work Location: Houston, TX

Role Overview:

The Senior Cost Engineer will perform cost estimating, analysis, control and reporting activities including:

• Budget and forecast development, maintenance, monitoring, impact identification, and recovery planning.
• Cost control analysis and financial reporting including cost performance metrics.
• Support studies, forecasts and problem-solving exercises as required.

Responsibilities:

• Prepares and presents financial reporting information to management.
• Prepares detailed staffing plans for cost engineering activities.
• Reviews proposal provisions related to cost engineering and material control and develops supporting data for contract negotiations. Participates in establishing pricing structures to be applied to quantities for estimates.
• Obtains vendor information to update the cost data file.
• Applies material unit rates to quantities. Maintains cost data files.
• Supervises the timely preparation of cost estimates. Prepares and analyzes comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data between the projects.
• Performs productivity analysis of Construction operations and verifies results.
• Reviews project work activities to ensure support of project milestones. Coordinates and establishes scoping requirements for the overall cost estimate by discipline or other specialties, and coordinates the timely, systematic, and complete acquisition of scope definition and related data.
• Coordinates pricing structure or criteria to be used by each discipline or specialty to meet the objectives of the cost estimate.
• Researches and develops or reviews tax estimates, including federal, state and local tax issues.
• Plans, organizes and supervises project cost budgets.
• Defines project needs for cost control in accordance with established Bechtel and client contractual requirements, objectives, and procedures.
• Supervises the timely performance of cost control activities.
• Prepares cost trend estimates in support of project cost trend programs.
• Supervises cost recording, monitoring, and reporting practices for compliance with applicable standards accuracy and consistency.
• Supervises investigating requirements for cost control data for a specific discipline or other specialty applications.
• Identifies needs for cost analysis support for the project and recommends development or modification of cost engineering data standards. Supervises the performance of cost analysis activities within the project.
• Coordinates information input into specific studies. Responsible for integration of activities and total work scope identification.
• Evaluates study results and recommends conclusions for project team consideration and discussion.
• Develops unit job hour and pricing data for a specific discipline or other specialty, including estimating parameters, factors indices, productivity and craft distribution reference data, etc., based on analysis of Bechtel and industry experience.
• Performs data analysis, identifies problems, and makes recommendations.
• Creates and implements measurement systems for given processes, analyzes performance metric results, and identifies improvements.

Qualification and Skills:

Basic Qualifications:

• Possess the legal right to work and remain in the United States without sponsorship.
• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check including verification of employment, education and travel.
• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, and cost analysis.
• Knowledge in supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, direct, perform, review, and present cost engineering and cost estimating products. This includes preparation of financial reporting products independently with minimal supervision using a high level of professional judgment and knowledge related to technical cost engineering skills and engineering design and construction practices.
• Skilled in oral and written communication.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience preparing PFSRs and working with Project Financials
• Prior experience using Bechtel tools like Hyperion, Ecosys, and DSCS
• Prior experience with Bechtel Code of Accounts
• Prior LNG development, permitting, engineering, procurement and construction experience.
• Knowledge of current industry and technical developments.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people of varied backgrounds and objectives.

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