Cost Engineer

  • RSM Azerbaijan
  • Elanın qoyulma tarixi: 13.06.2023
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Role Intent:

  • Prepare, plan and monitor all costs on the Asset.
  • This role delivers cost management across all third-party service provisions, working closely with procurement, finance and customer teams in the production, projects and TAR areas. 
  • An appreciation of maintenance activities and manufacturing excellence drivers, and an ability to develop solutions which provide accurate, timely and granular cost allocation to maintained equipment, is key in the drive for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

  • Interface with the Procurement function and asset representatives to ensure that contracts are structured to deliver the best value for the business through Supplier Performance Management (SPM). Develop methods and measures to benchmark contractor performance and establish KPIs within the key contracts.
  • Carry out all aspects of administering maintenance services through contract administrators in line with contractual arrangements and proactively manage those contracts to deliver maximum value.
  • Key links with the systems team members to ensure contract mechanisms, workflow and IT systems work hand in hand. Ensure any changes are supported by rigorous change control.
  • Review and approve submitted costs by third-party maintenance and service providers to ensure compliance with commercial components, assure the works have been done as per contract and correct allocation to budgets. 
  • Provide assurance on all aspects of third-party expenditure relating to maintenance and major capital events.
  • Promote active cost forecasting, control and management within the asset's variable, fixed, project and maintenance costs.
  • Assist production teams, procurement, maintenance and engineering in the resolution of commercial issues and claims.
  • Temporary labour SPA for the business, holding the key links with temporary labour agencies.
  • Coordinate and consolidate monthly cost reporting.
  • Work with key stakeholders to forecast spend in support of all budget submissions.
  • Put in place processes and procedures to ensure dealings with 3rd parties during execution do not result in cost leakage. Train and coach end users as to these requirements, and audit compliance.
  • Accountable for monitoring compliance with these processes.
  • Work closely with the estimator to compare planned/actual costs for common activity sets, to promote a learning organization.
  • Succession planning for a unique and difficult-to-source skill set throughout the team.
  • Ensuring compliance with safety principles.

Education:

  • Hold a degree or relevant equal qualification in Quantity Surveying or a similar profession
  • Hold a professional membership to the RICS or other equal professional accreditation or be working towards this qualification
  • Excellent skills in Excel and accounting software such as SAP

Behavioral skills:

  • Good communication skills;
  • Performance bias;
  • Technical capability within the discipline;
  • A desire for knowledge management and capturing lessons learned for future improvements;
  • Ability to balance conflicting demands in a continuously developing environment; and
  • Good motivator and able to see improvement opportunities within their teams and more broadly

Summary Decision rights, link to RAPID:

  • Recommends improvements to Sangachal Terminal  strategies and execution
  • Recommends regional deployment of standard systems, tools & processes
  • Performs Portfolio reporting, metrics and KPIs for region and to centre
  • Agrees metrics and KPIs
  • Inputs 
  • Inputs to APM annual budget, plan and associated cash flow phasing.