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Turner & Townsend Cost Engineer (Deepwater) in Houston, Texas
Company Description
From the inception of a project through to completion and beyond, Turner & Townsend help to deliver the outcomes that matter through transformational programs covering the full spectrum of consultancy, project delivery and post-project operations.
With offices located globally, you're never far away from our services. Working from 113 offices in 46 countries, we make the difference to projects across the real estate (https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/en/expertise/real-estate/) , infrastructure (https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/en/expertise/infrastructure/) and natural resources (https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/en/expertise/natural-resources/) sectors worldwide.
Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Job Description
Turner & Townsend is seeking a Cost Engineer (Deepwater) to provide cost management support to our clients' subsea projects; ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of cost management and management of change; continuously improving the cost management strategy, plans and procedures; and satisfying the requirements and expectations of stakeholders.
Key Accountabilities
Supports the preparation and implementation of the work breakdown structure (WBS), ensuring understanding of the broader scope across all project stages.
Supports the set-up of appropriate control budgets from the project estimate and schedule, ensuring full understanding of estimate basis, scope, schedule, contracting strategy and execution plan.
Ensures the development and maintenance of accurate project cost reports which support tracking of project budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, value of work done and phased forecasts in alignment with the WBS.
Ensures that data collected from project team(s) and contractors (schedules, progress, changes and risks) is used to underpin the cost forecast assumptions, phasing and control budgets.
Ensures robust analysis of actual cost performance against planned performance to identify, understand, document and communicate variances and offer associated insights to Project Management on the overall impact and potential mitigating actions.
Ensures all project cost pressures and opportunities are proactively identified, understood, documented and communicated with the project team, particularly Project Management.
Supports the overall change management (trending and management of change) process; ensuring it is rigorously applied to all changes and that impacts are fully assessed and incorporated into project cost forecasts, project plans and budgets.
Supports the cost related communication plans, interfaces and the reporting system that provides the leadership team and stakeholders with timely analysis and performance management insights for all work scope.
Ensures clients cost management systems and tools are populated and maintained with all relevant cost data to enable standard cost performance management and reporting to Project Management and other stakeholders.
Supports project planning and verification processes related to cost engineering including developing quarterly and annual financial plans and preparation of inputs for project stage gate reviews.
Supports all requirements related to cost standardization and digitization strategies.
Develop and maintain close working partnership with Finance.
Ensures internal and contractor compliance with all client cost related requirements and contractual requirements.
Qualifications
Ability to produce high quality written reports and summary presentations – able to communicate clarity from complexity.
Ability to harness use of digital tools to provide high quality cost management reporting information.
Bias for simplification, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
Ability to influence, interface, communicate and work effectively with members of a project team.
Experience with offshore and/or subsea projects.
Experience with SAP software.
Project management accreditation (PMP, APM, etc.).
Experience working with contractor organizations.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management or other relevant field.
6+ years cost engineering experience preferably within a project environment.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite of products – particularly MS Excel.
Track record of consistently producing high quality cost engineering deliverables.
Additional Information
*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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