Cost Manager

**Requisition ID**:270987**
- ** Relocation Authorized**:International - Accompanied**:

- ** Telework Type**:Full-Time Office/Project**:

- ** Work Location**:Riyadh**

**Company Overview**:
Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact.

We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy, and Mining & Metals markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel are our values - ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants - integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

**Project Overview**:
**Position Overview**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Analyzes and validates contractor estimates. Effectively presents estimate review package to Customer.
- Develops, prepares and reviews the conceptual scopes of estimates and studies when a definition is not available through a demonstrated ability to conceptualize the design of the finished product. Prepares specialized cost contingency analysis tools to compensate for undefined scope.
- Support bid evaluation of cost and schedule criteria and prepares bid evaluations. May participate in discussions with vendors/contractors.
- Review and evaluate contractor change orders and/or pricing.
- Prepares and reviews escalation calculations for estimates of complex jobs.
- Along with the project team identifies ways to mitigate project risk. Assesses the uncertainties associated with productivity, material pricing, wage rates and quantity variation.
- Prepares and provides guidance in the preparation of proposal cash flow models and working capital analysis.
- Responsible for the management of the overall project cost.
- Prepares and coordinates the development of staffing and operating plans for cost engineering activities.
- Reviews contract drafts for adequacy of cost and scope definition, and coordinates the development of all data in support of negotiations.
- Prepares, coordinates, and directs cost engineering presentations to Bechtel and client management, as required.
- Interprets and executes policy, objectives, and standards applicable to cost control and cost analysis activities.
- Directs cost analysis and problem-solving activities and develops and executes policy objectives and standards applicable to cost analysis activities.
- Supports proposal activities as required.
- Performs or directs functional audits of project activities to ensure technical adequacy of project cost engineering activities as required.
- Maintains liaison within global business unit to coordinate workload and staffing plans, work processes, and procedures.
- Develops and supports improvement measure institutionalization for the global business unit.

**Job Qualifications**:

- Experience with the development and construction of large scale EPC projects.
- Experience and demonstrated skill in directing cost estimating and cost analysis of heavy civil, road, bridge and rail projects.
- Experience and demonstrated skill in directing project cost engineering functions cost control, and cost analysis. Experience and demonstrated skill in establishing criteria for Project Controls activities.
- Experience working within or directly supporting a client’s project organization.
- Skilled in providing direction, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel. Skilled in oral and written communication, with demonstrated skill in presenting cost engineering information to management/clients.
- Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and solving problems.
- Advanced level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and commissioning, and operations work processes.
- Knowledge of engineering and construction management is customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.
- Knowledge of current industry and technical developments.

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field and minimum 13 years of professional experience in project controls with an emphasis on cost and project estimating. In lieu of a degree, 19 years of related work experience is required.
- Current Work Permit/Iqama preferred (not required) to expedite the start date of this role.

**_ Shaping tomorrow together_**

**_ Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, an