Senior Cost Engineer (Baku)

  • PD&MS Group
  • Elanın qoyulma tarixi: 04.08.2023
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About The Role

PD&MS Group have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cost Engineer to join our progressive Commercial team based in Baku on a full time, long term basis. Reporting to the Commercial Manager you will be responsible for the effective management, control and reporting of project costs for larger projects in a consistent manner and in accordance with all relevant Company policies and procedures.

Please note only Azeri nationals can be considered for this position.

Key duties: 

  • Management and provision of guidance and assistance to Cost Engineers
  • Work proactively with relevant PRP to ensure that commitments and costs are tracked and controlled
  • Provide Cost Engineering service to the contract with responsibility for the accurate Cost Reporting of complete projects or individual elements within major projects
  • Work proactively and meet with client representatives
  • Generate and maintain accurate cost reports in a format and frequency that provides clear visibility of the status of expenditure against budgets for internal use
  • Produce regular cost reports for clients as required by the Contract Agreement or Company requirements detailing CTR and CVO values, client approved PO values, billed to date, committed costs, forecast final costs, as a minimum for external reporting
  • Identify variances in project budget and in conjunction with PRP expediently implement corrective actions
  • Regularly monitor man-hour expenditure versus budget and physical progress, ensuring potential over-runs are identified and actioned in a timely manner
  • In conjunction with the PRP, responsible for the management and expedient recovery of Work in Progress costs
  • Maximise sales invoicing on an on-going basis through awareness of project status and billing milestones
  • Actively participate in project kick -off and progress meetings
  • Review and commercially approve CTRs / CVOs and terms and conditions
  • Review and approve client Purchase Orders / PD&MS Contract Review sheets in accordance with contract requirements
  • Evaluate outgoing RFQ’s, carry out bid evaluations and provide recommendation for subsequent Purchase Orders in conjunction with the PRP, for 3rd party services
  • In conjunction with the PRP review and approve all Purchase invoices ensuring compliance with budget
  • Liaise directly with Finance to ensure sales invoices are prepared and issued in a timely manner and resolve invoicing queries
  • Proactive in the provision of improvement proposals to streamline the invoicing / cost reporting process
  • Establish and maintain close working relationships with Finance, Procurement, Planning and Commercial Teams
  • Proactively identify and highlight areas of concern or commercial risks to Commercial Manager
  • Responsible for ensuring professional development is maintained and identified competency requirements are undertaken in a timely manner
  • Adherence to the Company Integrated Management System
  • Compliance with Quality Assurance, Health and Safety and Environmental Policies
  • Demonstrate and promote PD&MS QHSE principles and lead by example. Ensure unsafe activities are challenged
  • Adherence to the requirements of best practice standards recommendations and processes in the undertaking of duties. In particular, risk assessment and control, reliability and failure prevention necessary to ensure the safe use of systems
  • Demonstrate and promote PD&MS values and lead by example
  • Ensure direct report performance reviews are carried out within the required timescales

About You

This position would be well suited to an individual with existing cost engineering experience with specific experience in reviewing and interpreting plans and schedules. Strong written and spoken English also required.