Senior Cost Engineer at Oilserv Limited

Job Summary

This position has the following core responsibilities:

•  To support the creation of a distinctive organisational culture, build a unique employer brand, facilitate its adoption and promotion by employees
•  To ensure the organization has the right talent pool that are effectively deployed, managed, rewarded and engaged in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.

Responsibilities

Core/Technical

• Analyse Tendering documentations to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor estimates;
• Consult with vendors and personnel in other departments to discuss and formulate estimates and resolve issues;
• Ensure that clarifications are raised well in time to get better clarity on bid submission
• Review of Tender documents on receipt to ensure its completeness
• Review blueprints and product specifications to accurately determine the quantities of materials needed;
• Reviews drawings and specifications to determine costs; evaluates third-party estimates and tracks market costs to validate estimates.
• Prepare and maintain a directory of suppliers, contractors and subcontractors.
• Solicit and review subcontractor proposals to aid bid submissions;
• Obtain material pricing and organize all the information necessary to create and submit proposals to clients;
• Ensure that commercial submissions of tenders are fully complied with all necessary details
• Use detailed spreadsheets and Client-approved templates to calculate the bid price;
• Designs, implements, and maintains cost estimating database(s) using various software applications.
• Traveling to job sites to gather information on materials, labour, and other factors that will influence the bid price;
• Proactively work with the Procurement Group to ensure Vendors RFQ Technical and Commercial Bid Evaluations are completed in a timely manner
• Take part in quality checks of completed bids in consonance to the bid requirement/check lists and ensure bid compliance to draft condition of contract in the ITT.
• Travel to jobsites to gather information on materials needed, labor required, and other factors
• Participate in site visits/pre-bid meetings;
• Take part in the overall bid packaging exercise to ensure that bids are submitted on due date;
• Any other activities as assigned

Quality, Health, Safety & Environment

• Drive compliance with Occupational Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Policies, processes, procedures and applicable laws/legal requirements across Oilserv business.

Take responsibility for their health & safety and those of stake holders across Oilserv business.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in either Quantity Surveyor, Engineering or Finance
• Professional certifications (PMP, CCP) added advantage. 
• Minimum of 10 Years broad experience as Cost Engineer with preferred focus in the EPCIC space
• Proficiency in SAP (ERP).