Senior Project Cost Estimator - Aberdeen, United Kingdom - Energy Resourcing

Energy Resourcing

Verified Company

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Overview:

Energy Resourcing are currently recruiting for a Senior Project Cost Estimator to join their client's Aberdeen project delivery team on a 12-month contract basis.

Responsibilities:

HSE
Support company and project HSE goals and all HSE-related initiatives. Encourage the personal safety and well-being of co-workers by regularly addressing HSE behavior.

Cost Estimation

Utilise cost methodologies and tools to produce cost estimates inclusive of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up scope and costs.

Incorporate project complexity factors into project estimates and assemble key input data such as project objectives, scope, and execution plan.

Formulate methodologies for deriving quantities from design parameters.

Perform scenario comparisons and sensitivity analysis across project concepts reflecting analysis of project risks.

Support review and assurance of cost estimates. Lead peer assists and peer reviews utilising the Peer / Team Lead Estimate Review Checklist. Support ESARs as required.

Benchmark against historical performance, industry norms, and established KPIs

Assess prospect scope and utilise the client's standard tools and processes to deliver consistent conceptual estimates at Type 0/1.

Assess prospect scope and utilise the client's standard tools and processes to deliver consistent "building block" estimates at Type 2 and Type 2+.

Support process to collect actual cost performance, condition and normalise data for future use, develop metrics and benchmarking information. Support process to store Estimate files in a consistent, secure location.

UK Front end specific tasks include:

Deliver project benchmarking at the appropriate level to check estimate results from the top down versus internal and external comparable data.

Work with IPA forms and reports to understand the comparison of client's projects to industry data.

Develop simplified cost estimates for use in probabilistic analysis. Support probabilistic cost and schedule risk analysis workshops.

Facilitate deterministic risk analysis workshop using Technical, Economical, Commercial, Organisational, and Political (TECOP) profiles to establish appropriate deterministic cost contingency.

Use the client's local tools to determine the appropriate deterministic or probabilistic contingency

Ensure compliance and utilisation of the the client's standard tools and processes.

Lead Scope and Quantity reviews with discipline engineers to ensure scope completeness and collaborate with planning to ensure alignment between the project estimate and project schedule.

Proactively contribute to targeting the number of concept scenarios to benefit project decisions.

Timely delivery of all reports and information that meets the functional requirements of stakeholders.

Perform estimate data gathering and analysis, to enable maintenance and update of estimating tools, including analysis of escalation factors in collaboration with C and P.

Actively assist in knowledge sharing across the team and projects.

PSIF - support scaled PSIF delivery for each opportunity.

ESFS - deliver the ESFS for each appropriate opportunity following the client's local guidance.

ESBR - deliver the ESBR for each opportunity following the client's local guidance.

Customer feedback - collect customer feedback after the completion of each opportunity.

Sharepoint uploads - upload the schedule, estimate, and ESBR to the service delivery area after the completion of each opportunity.

Estimate tracker - update the estimate tracker for all front-end opportunities.

Reviews
- undertake the appropriate assurance reviews (PEER, line, and TA).

Qualifications:

Engineering Degree and/or Certification as a cost estimator or equivalent experience.
Industry experience including lead estimator positions.
SPA Level 1 Estimating attained.
Excellent analytical, oral and written communication skills.
Fully versed with Cost Estimating principles, techniques and industry standard tools.
Good understanding of all phases of the project delivery process.