Cost Control & Planning Engineer

  • Implements cost control plans on time, and coordinates with project managers, contractors, and technical office Engineers to collect all required data and documents and ensures their validity.
  • studies and analyzes the technical work items, stages and duration of project implementation, project needs, bills of quantities and other cost elements, and prepares cost estimation tables and budget for project implementation and submits them to his line manager for review.
  • Studies the direct and indirect cost items to determine the cost centers accordingly, and uploads the expense items to their cost center and reviews them with his direct manager.
  • Prepares project cost control reports that include data on project estimated costs compared to actual costs.  
  • Submits reports to his line manager, analyzes deviations, explains their causes, expected risks, and proposes corrective and preventive measures to be taken.
  • Follows up with the project managers the position of the projects towards the schedules, claims and new items of work and studies the extent of their impact on the direct and indirect expenses and updates the project budgets according to the directives of his direct manager.
  • Prepares reports that include comparisons between the actual prices of project needs and the prices determined in studies, explaining the deviations and their impact, and coordinates with the needs department to study the possibility of controlling costs.
  • It is an integrated and updated database that includes the costs of each element of the projects to serve as a reference for estimating the costs of future projects.
  • Assists his line manager in preparing final reports and statistics reflecting the final costs of technical work items in projects.
  • Responsible for preparing baseline time schedule for bid. Also identifies the critical activities in the Time Schedule.
  • Responsible for recovery and crashed schedules to be carried out and submitted strictly observe schedules
  • As the workflows, keep updating the status of time performance of the project and identify prospect claims and variations.
  • A detailed schedule of the works
  • A plan for Engineering Approvals
  • Responsible for preparing a more detailed baseline time schedule.
  • Time Schedule to reflect legal approvals and permits, mobilization, engineering approvals, procurement activities, construction, and closeout/handover activities (Snagging, de-snagging, commissioning, de-commissioning, etc...).
  • Responsible for the OP, the TO, and the SC with the planned starting date of every activity and the BL cash flow.
  • Responsible for in producing a detailed Procurement Plan in close coordination with the OP.
  • Responsible for in updating the status of cost and time performance of the project, notifying the TO /OP of any prospect issues 
  • Responsible for weekly schedule updates and 2-week look-ahead schedules (or as may be otherwise dictated by the Contract) based upon the relation between the actual work progress reflected and the required targets to be achieved for the forthcoming period, to be attached to the weekly report.
  • Support in identifying the root causes behind delays and cost overruns, and to accordingly formulate recovery schedules to control the delay.
  • Reviewing all required information regarding the project, and communicating it to the Project Team through DC. Essential documents include:
  • Time schedule.
  • Execution methodology.
  • General and particular conditions of the Contract.
  • Answers to tender queries.

Bachelor of Civil Engineering / Structure Department.3: 5 years of years’ experience as a  Planning and Cost controlWorked at least 1 year as a site engineerProven experience as a cost analyst, cost specialist and Planning & OrganizingStrong analytical skillsPrimavera 6Good communication aptitude(preferred Previous working with a main contractor)
Post date: 4 November 2024
Publisher: Wuzzuf .com
Post date: 4 November 2024
Publisher: Wuzzuf .com