Job Title: Cost Estimator
Location: Warri, Nigeria
Recruiter: Alvy Consulting
Primary Responsibilities:
• Coordinating cost estimating activities and input from various disciplines and units.
• Ensure that rates charged are in line with prevailing rates in the industry.
• Compiles, checks and benchmark cost estimation data.
• Analyze project cost estimate of the project based on economic parameters.
• Perform sensitivity analysis on the estimates and cash flow forecasts to determine cash requirements and potential problem areas and corrective action to be taken.
• Mentor/train Nigerian cost Estimating personnel on the project.
• Advise head – project controls and leads of projects in relation to cost estimates.
• Estimate project costs based on bills of materials, projects specifications and other key inputs in determining the most realistic cost estimate.
• Regularly update market price database of materials, manpower and machinery use for cost estimate.
• Analyze profit viability of projects based on identified economic variants, and determine cash flow forecasts and potential problem areas and actions to be taken, if necessary.
• Carry out any other duty that may be assigned from time to time by the Engineering Manager.
• Collect and update market price data of materials, equipment, and manpower to be used in the cost estimate.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
• Experience in Oil & Gas Refinery and/or Petrochemical Industry. Substantial experience of EPCM engineering projects, including managing multidiscipline design activities with International EPCM contractors.
• Must have a degree / diploma in engineering, science or financing. Substantial hands on experience in Cost Estimation. Must possess a Professional Certification in Cost Estimating and Analysis or equivalent.
• Good written and oral communication skills, demonstrated through client interaction, supervision, proposals and presentations.
• Ability to negotiate successfully with clients and contractors through engineering and construction phases of the project.
• Computer proficiency: thorough knowledge of project controls systems, procedures, techniques, Working knowledge of engineering design & construction.
Deadline: 23rd June, 2013.
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