Cost Engineer

Requisition ID: ‎261883
* Relocation Authorized: International - Single
* Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
* Work Location: Riyadh
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Project Information: Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) is a national
holding company owned ‎100% by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), a sovereign
wealth fund owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). SAMI was established
in May ‎2017 to develop the military industrial infrastructure necessary to
help the Saudi Vision ‎2030 aim of localizing military spending to at least ‎50%
by the end of the decade. It commenced operations in January ‎2018. SAMI is
working with numerous Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and local
contractors to establish the military industrial infrastructure across the
Kingdom. It is organized into ‎5 Divisions: Aeronautics, Defense Electronics,
Land Systems, Weapons & Missiles and Emerging Technologies; Naval interests
are covered within the Weapons & Missiles portfolio. Bechtel was contracted in
August ‎2020 to provide a Facility Management Team (FMT) to develop and
implement a Facility Masterplan to help align SAMI`s programs. This has led to
the opportunity to provide a Project Management/Construction Management
(PM/CM) team (approximately ‎90 strong) to manage the design and construction
of a major military industrial facility near Riyadh over the next ‎3-‎4 years.
The ideal candidate will have substantial experience and understanding of
project management within KSA. He/she will have previous Project Controls
experience working on projects or in the Home Office, ideally within KSA or
the wider Middle East. He/she will have a cultural awareness of the nuances of
operating successfully within KSA and maintaining client and contractor
relationships.

SUMMARY:
Performs cost estimating, analysis, and control activities. Supports project
organizational and administrative activities when delegated. Supervises cost
engineering activities when delegated.
JOB DIMENSIONS:

A. Supervision Received

§ Reports to and receives technical guidance and operational supervision from
designated supervisory personnel.

B. Supervision Exercised

§ Provides technical and operational direction to assigned personnel, when
delegated.

C. Contacts

§ Maintains relationships with all project personnel, as well as with the
contractor and sub-contractor personnel at jobsites, as required.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
‎1. Prepares Project Controls plans and detailed internal manpower utilization
plans for discipline or specialty activities.
‎2. Determines scope definition requirements for a discipline or other
specialty, and works with Engineering and other sources to coordinate the
production of required data to conform to the overall estimate preparation
plan.
‎3. Performs or coordinates quantity development and verification for a
discipline or specialty. Develops, or assists in the development of, quantity
bases for assumption. Performs review of quantity bases submitted by
contractors and subcontractors.
‎4. Performs, or coordinates the performance of, pricing structure development
and application to takeoffs, derived quantities, quantity assumption, and cost
allowances within a discipline or other specialty.
‎5. Plans, coordinates, and directs preparation of specific budgets. Assists
in developing requirements for budgeting standards.
‎6. Develops and implements requirements for cost recording, reporting, and
analyzing standards, programs, and reports. Performs performance monitoring
and control functions.
‎7. Assists in developing specific project codes of accounts and recommends
appropriate modifications and revisions.
‎8. Identifies or defines data sources and techniques for data acquisition,
and collects required data for a specific discipline or other specialty
applications.
‎9. Assists in developing unit 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.
‎10. Creates and implements measurement systems for given processes, analyzes
performance metric results, and identifies improvements.
‎11. Reviews the weekly and monthly progress reports submitted by contractors
and subcontractors and prepared the Monthly Progress Report for submission to
the client.
‎12. Develops, maintains, and updates the project trend and change register.
Leads the project weekly trend and change control meetings and provides timely
reports to project management.
‎13. Develops, maintains, and updates the project cost and commitment (CoCo)
dashboard and provides timely updates to project management.
‎14. Performs contingency analyses and works closely with the project Risk
Management to reconcile project trend register and the project risk register.
Develop contingency drawdown / release curves, as requested by project
management.
‎15. Performs estimating / cost engineering duties related to Bechtel services
on the project i.e. job hours reporting, services cost reports, revenue and
gross margin calculations, and supporting the preparing of the Project
Financials Status Report (PFSR).

JOB KNOWLEDGE
Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing cost engineering
functions, which include cost estimating, cost control, and cost analysis, in
the field and the home office.
Knowledge in the use of computers for executing work processes.
Knowledge of supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical
and nontechnical personnel.
Skilled in oral and written communication.
Knowledge of financial reporting systems and controller account codes.
Intermediate level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts,
construction, and startup work processes, as performed by Bechtel.
Knowledge of engineering and construction management customarily acquired over
time through specialized instruction or practical experience.

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