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Overview / Responsibilities:
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Cost Estimator to strengthen our team in the UAE. This is a residential role in Dubai and will require occassional business trips to Iraq if required.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Key activities and accountabilities will include:
- Delivering high quality cost estimates (all types), utilizing cost estimating methodologies and tools to produce cost estimates inclusive of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up scope costs.
- Incorporate project complexity factors and assemble key input data such as project objectives, scope and execution plan.
- Maintain Estimate Basis for all project cost (including non-technical) to document how estimate was developed, and all assumptions used.
- Assist with the identification and assessment of key project risks and linking these risks to the impact on the cost estimate (both deterministic and probabilistic).
- Perform scenario comparisons and uncertainty analysis and sensitivities on cost estimates, reflecting analysis of project risks. Develop P10, P50, P90 estimates.
- Facilitate reviews and assurance of cost estimates. Benchmark against historical performance, industry norms and established KPIs.
- Help the project team to fully understand the risk/cost/schedule trade-offs so that they can make better informed business and commercial decisions.
- To prepare Life Cycle Costs estimates in close co-ordination with the operation & maintenance department.
- Review scope change requests for impact on total installed cost.
- Work with Planning & Cost Engineers to ensure alignment of planning, cost estimating and cost control.
- Be able to acquire initial information on Market Intelligence and perform benchmarking.
Skills / Qualifications:
- Engineering Degree and/or Certification as a Cost Estimator or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 10 years industry experience in capital projects estimating positions.
- Experience with onshore brownfield and greenfield work scope and estimating and able to deliver both using traditional bottoms up and top-down estimate methodologies.
- Excellent analytical, oral and written communication skills
- Fully versed with Cost Estimating/Risk Tools.
Company Overview:
Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
