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The Job

• The successful candidate would provide Company with total cost management services including preparation of cost work breakdown structure, cost estimating, contract cost management and cost control support to aid management make informed decisions at various value assurance gates, minimize successful contractual claims, achieve value for money, contribute to company’s good corporate image, meet contract objectives and ultimately contribute to achievement of Cost Leadership in the management of Maintenance Services Contracts (MSC).

The duties will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Evaluate different contract proposals and establish optimum cost and challenge contractors work execution proposals as may be necessary and provide details of cost, quantities and work hours for cost benchmarking to achieve value for money and Cost Leadership for the Maintenance Service Contracts. Develop and maintain up-to-date cost database for the preparation of accurate cost estimates for MSC budget planning, project screening and investment decisions to achieve value for money and Cost Leadership for the Maintenance Service Contracts.
• Develop and agree valuation schedules and implement valuation of project work done, prepare variation accounts and timely/quality payment certificates and final accounts for the MSC to achieve effective contract cost management and budget performance.
• Produce timely and quality cost estimates/Bills of Quantities/MTOs for MSC planning, contract screening and investment decisions in line with Departmental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to achieve value for money and Cost Leadership.
• Develop Schedules of Rates, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Time Resources, Bills of Quantities and Materials Take –Off (MTO) for identified maintenance work orders in order to achieve a standard, uniform and consistent value of work done (VoWD) cost template to facilitate effective and common basis for job pricing by vendors, ensure efficient, transparent and auditable work completion certificates  analysis and support effective post contract management of the maintenance services contracts.
• Develop contract cost performance, productivity, efficiency and effectiveness analysis models and reports for to aid management’s decision to award call-off contracts and ultimately achieve value for money
• Contribute to maintenance change management process by analysing trends and potential change impact on maintenance cost, assessing, negotiating and agreeing valuation of variations (change orders) with contractors and advise maintenance leaders in respect of raising financial commitments and obtaining authorities for variations to achieve proper project cost control and value for money.
• Maintain a database of all current PM contracts, including current site estimates, original, current and forecast final status in respect of cost and progress to ensure consistency, integrity, quick retrieval of cost information to keep cost within approved budget.

Job Requirements

• A University degree in Financial Management or Quantity Surveying, Membership of any relevant professional body will be an added advantage or A University degree in Engineering.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ post-graduation experience, 2 of which should have been in project or maintenance cost management in an oil or gas industry.

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The Job

• The successful candidate would provide Company with value of work done management services including preparation of work pack, materials and labour estimating, quality of work done monitoring, etc., to aid management in the implementation of output based service pricing models, minimize successful contractual claims, achieve value for money, contribute to company’s good corporate image, meet contract objectives and ultimately contribute to achievement of Cost Leadership in the management of Maintenance Services Contracts (MSC).

The duties will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Verify value of work done and confirm work completion to standard requirement for invoicing purposes.
• Prepare a Client specific library of unit rates, in order to achieve better controls in managing contractor performance and generate value improvements through increased transparency in efficiency and productivity.
• Independently identify and use the best indicators for each performance aspect, the sources of data, and how to collect data. Execute efficiency, productivity, quantity and ‘day in the life of’ surveys to calculate norms and standards for mechanical, electrical and civil maintenance disciplines;
• Prepare estimates of probable costs of time materials, labour and equipment for (field) mechanical, workshop, fabrication, vehicle maintenance, lighting, scaffolding, insulation, painting, etc., to be used as input for the calculation of unit rates and other estimates in the Client’s contracts. Initially, main focus is on the integrated maintenance services contract that primarily serves the Client’s plant maintenance.
• Prepare a selected library of unit rates with specific relevance for the Client, through efficiency and productivity surveys and CMMS data analysis. Compare results with other site’s schedule of norms to correlate and extrapolate a full set of unit rates, tailored to the Client’s productivity and efficiency ratios.
• Enable better controls in managing contractor performance and generate value improvements through increased transparency in efficiency and productivity.
• Develop, implement, run and maintain a unit rate calculation tool including training of users; Building the required structures and networks with the maintenance departments, CPM and contractor(s).
• Influencing behavior across contract users in order to improve the right use of contract rates, and improve the transparency of contractor’s quotations.
• Advise Maintenance coordinators and engineers on management and recording of variations. Assess, negotiate and agree valuation of variations. Advise in respect of raising financial commitments and obtaining authorities for variations.
• Assist in the preparation of tender assessment models for term contracts and assist contract owners in technical and commercial evaluation of tenders.
• Provide initial unit rate figures for the preparation of the maintenance contracts tender and assist with negotiations with the contractor about quotations and unit rates implementation.
• Assist the S/D coordinators and cost controller in the preparation of S/D estimates (±30% to ±3%); Give support to the maintenance and S/D planners, engineers and cost controller by checking calculations and enhance the (future) use of unit rates in the preparation of cost estimates and budgets
• Report and advise on potential for cost savings, method improvements and manpower efficiency for discussion and realisation with the contractor(s) in order to further improve cost performance;

Job Requirements
The right candidate should possess the following:

• A University degree in Quantity Surveying, Membership of any relevant professional body will be an added advantage or A University degree in Engineering.
• 3 - 5 years’ post-graduation experience, 2 of which should have been in quantity surveying, work preparation and cost monitoring in an oil or gas industry.