Project Cost Engineer

Our company Faithful and Gould (www.fgould.com) is an integrated project and programme management consultancy. It supports clients with the management of their construction projects and programmes of varying types of projects, with offices across Asia, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Subcontinent and Australia. Our office locations are complemented by those of our Parent group SNC Lavalin enabling us to draw on an international knowledge base in delivering the next project to our large and extensive client base. In Faithful+Gould, we are providing more than just a job, we believe we can offer an exciting change of professional lifestyle and career development.

We currently provide a range of project management services to International Corporations and Government entities including the following:

• Strategic Project Definition and Advisory Services;
• Client Representative Services;
• Due Diligence studies;
• Cost and Budget;
• Planning and Programme Management;
• Project Management;
• Move Management;
• Design Management;
• Procurement Management;
• Construction Management;

Job description

• Conversant in all aspects of cost engineering

• SAP experience

• Understanding of Industry Sector

• Ability to prepare, monitor and forecast budgets during design, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning phases of a project

• Ability to prepare, monitor and forecast expenditure profiles

• Ability to prepare cost reports, including earned value identifying critical areas, trend analysis and early warnings

• Ability to prepare Anticipated Final Cost reports for client review

• The provision of cost details in support of a risk review process

• Provide and manage the cost framework, systems and resources to deliver an effective Cost Control (including change control) and reporting service to clients

• Effective and efficient administration of project accounts

• Productive supervision of subordinates including adequate monitoring and control

• Referral of potential problem areas to Team Leader

• Client interface level of responsibility on a project basis in conjunction with senior grades

• Ability to work with the minimum of supervision and on own initiative

• Ability to communicate to both immediate superiors and subordinates

• Knowledge and understanding of the component parts of a project and overall construction costs.

• Punctuality and input of time as necessary to get the job done

• Numerically accurate

• Flexibility on being office or site based

Education (minimum/desirable)

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
  

Experience

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in area of cost engineering. Pharma or IT projects experience is a plus.