Senior Program Support Specialist

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented **Senior Program Support Specialist (Cost)**to join our team In this role you will be responsible for **cost estimating, analysis control activities for a large exciting infrastructure program**in Riyadh.

**What You'll Be Doing**:

- Provides input and recommendations for cost engineering requirements relative to staffing and project control for the full range of cost engineering activities.
- Prepares detailed manpower work plans for cost engineering activities.
- Reviews as directed cost engineering and material control related provisions of proposals, and develops supporting data for contract negotiations.
- Prepares cost presentations and interfaces with designated management and client counterparts for specific cost engineering tasks.
- Responsible for the timely and competent performance of cost estimates. Establishes the conceptual scope of estimates and studies. Prepares and analyzes comparisons of scope, quantities and cost data between projects.
- Develops cost and revenue forecasts in conjunction with the Operations & Commercial Director and Program Directors
- Develops program-level costed risks, mitigations and contingencies
- Coordinates and establishes coping requirements for the overall cost estimate by discipline or other specialty and coordinates the timely, systematic and complete acquisition of scope definition and related data.
- Plans, coordinates and establishes level of quantification appropriate to the objectives of the effort and to the level of scope definition for each discipline or specialty and designates reference job(s) for source data and/or reconciliations of quantities.
- Reviews quantities and their completeness and reasonableness.
- Coordinates pricing structure or criteria to be used by each discipline or specialty which meet the objectives of the cost estimate.
- Establishes format and content of summaries and reconciliations, including segregation of cost according to level of confidence, identification of areas of risk.
- Supervises the preparation of project cost budgets for compliance with budgeting standards, completeness and accuracy.
- Defines project needs for cost control in accordance with established company and client contractual requirements, objectives and procedures.
- Supervises the timely and competent performance of cost control activities.
- Reviews and critiques designs and specifications for cost effectiveness and suggests alternatives when appropriate.
- Supervises cost recording, monitoring, and reporting practices for compliance with applicable standards.
- Assists in developing unit manhour 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 company and industry experience.
- Performs data analysis.
- Identifies problems and makes recommendations.

**What Required Skills You'll Bring**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Construction Management or related field (or equivalent experience) and typically 10+ years of related work experience.
- Requires basic engineering knowledge in electrical, mechanical, civil, or a related field.
- Proficient PC skills including proficiency in various Project Controls software and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Must have potential to perform in a lead capacity, as well as familiarity with industry practices.

**Minimum Clearance Required to Start**:
Not Applicable/None

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.