Description:
Job Summary
- Establishes estimating policy and guidance for cost estimating.
- Manages overhead budgets. Provides input to operating plans, department budgets, forecast and other financial reports.
- Manages high-level strategies with senior management, and joint venture partners, as applicable. Clearly communicates the implications of solutions and changes to reach workable solutions.
- Maintains liaison with other global/regional business units to coordinate workload and staffing plans. Works closely with Manager of Estimating in planning workload and resource allocation.
- Responsible for annual performance reviews, salary administration and career counseling for assigned personnel
Major Responsibilities
- This position will be seconded into the NEOM client organization.
- Works as part of ETSD Team for NEOM delivery responsible for reviewing and approving all major estimates.
- Responsible for the quality and integrity of estimates produced by the team.
- Audits to ensure the quality of estimating functions.
- Reviews estimate basis and assumptions for completeness and reasonableness.
- Ensures that lessons learned are incorporated into estimates.
- Reviews and approves estimate plans inclusive of readily correlating to other projects and Bechtel standards.
- Responsible for evaluating NEOM projects execution plans and risks associated with scope requirements. Recommends level of contingency and risk required for management decision. Participates in development of proposal and project execution plans.
- Reviews and approves the preparation of proposal cash flow models and working capital analysis.
- Leads or directs discussions in management reviews. Presents proposal and engineer’s estimates to senior management and clients.
- Ensures development of tools and databases to support pricing of estimates. Ensures use of latest tools and techniques by expert estimating professionals.
- Provides leadership and guidance in developing parametric methods and techniques, estimating automated systems and databases.
- Provides input to Estimating Department policies that may apply across global business units.
- Develops estimating training programs that include developing curricula, selecting instructors, teaching and monitoring effectiveness of programs.
- The following duties are performed with respect to Project Management Support, the process of providing support services to projects/sites in the form of external cost analysis and estimate reviews in addition to estimate-to-budget conversions:
- Performs on site project reviews, as needed.
Education And Experience Requirements
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field preferred.
- Minimum 25 years of Experience handling all aspects of project controls and estimating required.
- Experience managing and directing personnel required.
- Experience preparing / reviewing Estimates and interfacing with stakeholders.