Cost Engineer - Operations Headquarter
Bangalore, IN, 560071
Our Vision.
SBM Offshore believes the oceans will provide the world with safe, sustainable and affordable energy for generations to come. We share our experience to make it happen.
Our Profile.
We design, build, install and operate offshore floating facilities for the offshore energy industry. As a leading technology provider, we put our marine expertise at the service of a responsible energy transition by reducing emissions from fossil fuel production, while developing cleaner solutions for renewable energy sources. More than 7,000 SBMers worldwide are committed to sharing their experience to deliver safe, sustainable and affordable energy from the oceans for generations to come. Together, we are driving progress forward in a TRUE. BLUE. TRANSITION.
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Job description
The cost engineer is part of a small team of experts on Cost Controlling and Cost Engineering in the Finance department.
Role description
The Cost Engineer acts as a business partner in the assigned remit, accountable for your stakeholders to achieve business objectives in operational effectiveness and efficiency, reliable financial reporting and compliance with laws, regulations and standards.
As a cost engineer, you are responsible to acquire knowledge on potential expenditures, analyze project expenditures and develop cost trending. You analyze all available data to determine cause of overruns and underruns. You create a cost conscious atmosphere so that all persons working on a project are aware of how their activities impact the project cost including all applicable contractual issues. You are actively building partnerships and working collaboratively with others within the project and the team to get input and in the end meet shared objectives.
You also create a good relationship with the client interfacing with him and following the evolution of the costs and analysising of the variations.
Your main tasks are to:
- Apply and adapt corporate cost control methodology to the project.
- Interface with Planning, Contracts, and Purchasing, Engineering, Construction, and Accounting team members for commercial and technical Input.
- Prepare cost estimates for possible design' project execution changes,
- Analyze the project budget, the technical and commercial data using trending' earned value' in-house methods in order to prepare the monthly project cost forecasts,
- Prepare the Project Forecast on a monthly basis and consolidate results in the Cost Control Monthly Report (Forecast, Areas of concern, VOs, Budget Variance analysis etc.),
- Validate the time sheet and third costs, prepare the backup and manage the Proforma and Invoices to client
- Identify and prepare Project Variation Orders for approval by Project Manager and submission to Client.
- Support management team for 3YP preparation as required
- Provide ad hoc support to BPS Business controller and Management
Job requirements:
Our ideal candidate for the role of Cost Engineer has a minimum of 3 years project experience, preferably in the international Oil & Gas industry with familiarity with FPSO refurbishment & conversion projects. You preferably have a bachelor or Master degree in Engineering.
Behaviours &inter-personal skills - Key points:
Furthermore you have the following skills and experience:
- Solid business acumen, estimating, reporting and cost controlling skills
- Solid IT skills, with good knowledge of NADIA/BOQ/B.O. and project performance software
- You develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- You plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals
- Intellectual curiosity towards technical aspects of project and project management processes.
- You are pro-active and detail-oriented.
GENERAL INFORMATION
SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group (“the Company”). For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com. The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.
SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. SBM Offshore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.