Project Controls Lead - Estimate

Requisition ID: 272244 

•  Relocation Authorized: International - Family 
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Ras Al Khair 

Position Summary

Jubail is one of Bechtel’s most remarkable achievements—a city built from the sand up, requiring vast resources and logistical planning on an unprecedented scale. It the biggest civil engineering project in modern times—and it's getting bigger. Bechtel has managed the Jubail project, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, since it began in the mid-1970s. Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company (SABCO) serves as the Management Services Contractor (MSC), or “owner’s representative” for our client, the Royal Commission (RC). We are the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) managers, managing design submissions from local AE firms, and overseeing the actual construction work being performed by local contractors and sub-contractors in Jubail and Ras-Al-Khair Industrial Cities. In June 2021, Bechtel’s contract with the Royal Commission was renewed for another 5 years with work focusing on building new residential communities, iconic buildings/ bridges, major site preparation, commercial buildings, mosques, schools, hospitals, sports facilities, clinics, universities, utility services and infrastructure (electrical sub-stations, lift stations), roads and highways, port & pipeline expansions, and more. 

 Work Location: Ras-Al-Khair

The work location for this position is at Ras-Al-Khair which is located about 100 KMS north of Jubail Industrial City. You will be required to commute Jubail - Ras-Al-Khair - Jubail daily using the available transportation facility /shuttle bus service. The accommodation will be provided at Jubail Industrial City. Free breakfast and lunch is currently provided for Ras-Al-Khair assignees during workdays.

Major Responsibilities:

Assigned to Engineering department, the Project Controls Lead, Engineering – Ras Al Khair reports to the PCM and receives guidance and operational supervision from him. Provides technical and operational direction to his direct reports. Maintains relationships with project personnel, particularly with individual discipline group leaders and engineers. Ongoing interfaces with the Project Manager, project team members, and working / supervisory level personnel of other departments.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

• Assigned to Project Controls group and responsible to develop cost estimates for project and verify A/E’s estimated cost during 30%, 90% and 100% design review cycle of construction packages. Specific tasks include but are not limited to the following:
• Performs quantity take-offs using approved construction drawings or other defined documents. Collects, reconciles, and verifies data for summary comparisons.
• Prepares estimates using A/E’s information with project team, including vendors, applying unit rates of installation to quantity takeoffs.
• Responsible for development and maintenance of labor cost indices and productivity indices for the region.
• Establish and maintain the cost indices for building materials. Develop labor unit rates.
• Responsible for verifying the DCN based Change Order pricing. Participate in the contingency development of various work items for construction packages.
• Review design scope criteria and quantities for completeness and reasonableness.
• Review change order estimates for reasonableness.
• Perform cost engineering functions including estimating, cost control, budget preparations, forecasting, and cost reporting.
• Coordinate cost estimating activity and input from various disciplines and departments.
• Perform data analysis, identify problems, trends, and make recommendations.
• Perform productivity analysis of construction operations and verify results.
• Preparation and application of cost monitoring and control standards, techniques, and programs.
• Prepare Cost Reports; including cost charts and graphs.
• Ensure cost recording, monitoring, and reporting practices for compliance with applicable standards.
• Prepare and review distributable and/or contractors' indirect cost estimates.
• Estimate the project cost based on bill of materials, labor cost, and project specification to express the most representative cost estimate.
• Participate in establishing pricing structures to be applied to quantities for estimates. 

Skills and Qualifications:

Essential Technical: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field. 
• Minimum 10 years professional experience in Project Controls as an Estimator on Heavy Civil / Infrastructure projects.
• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, which include schedule development, control, and analysis, in the field and the home office.
• Is able to Demonstrate advanced understanding of Estimating core processes and procedures.
• Advanced working knowledge of EPC estimating practices and methods, including demonstrated ability to organize, perform, and present cost estimating products.

Essential Behavioral:

• Candidate should possess excellent organizational and interpersonal skills with an ability to work closely with peers, external customers, and client counterparts.
• Knowledge of supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel.
• Skilled in oral and written communication.    

Preferred Technical:

• Takes ownership of sections of the estimating database(s) summarizing, updating and maintaining databases for discipline estimates and historical cost data.
• Supports development of estimating standards and procedures.
• Prior experience working as client representation or in PM/CM role preferred. 
• Intermediate level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes, as performed by Bechtel.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.
• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing cost engineering functions, which include cost estimating, cost control, and cost analysis, in the field and the home office.
• Prepares cost studies utilizing historical data, statistical analysis and cost and quantity comparisons. Innovates new techniques as required to meet specific needs.
• Understands and summarizes the data in the required presentation for management reviews.
• Analyzes cost/price data from suppliers/subcontractors, with the ability to generate comparative data (historical costs and other metrics) as part of the cost/price analysis.
• Ability to present estimating information to peers and management.
• In-depth knowledge of project schedules and ability to predict/extrapolate costs curves based on experience of scheduled-activities/cost correlation analysis.
• Knowledge of manual labor performance, equipment production and derivation of composite craft/category labor rates. Understanding of charging practices and the relationship of charging practices to commercial terms, invoicing and profitability.
• Proficiency in PC operating systems currently being used by Bechtel (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Power BI, Primavera, Microsoft Project). 
• Proficiency in estimating applications used for discipline estimates and basic knowledge of general estimating systems currently being used by Bechtel is preferred. (EPIC, BETK, HCSS, Candy).

Preferred Behavioral:

• Prior experience overseeing multiple projects, contractor estimates reviews and negotiation.
• Experience in leading a team of junior estimating engineers.
• Prior Middle-East work experience preferred.

Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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