Senior Cost Management Lead (S)

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About Us:
SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Our work is already resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production. True. Blue. Transition. is our promise to enable that into the future while at the same time using our expertise to support new and existing markets in the blue economy. It starts with advancing our core: continuing to advance the decarbonization of traditional energy production, while pioneering more: helping to enable the energy transition and using our unique capabilities in ocean infrastructure to support more industries to grow sustainably. Sharing our experience for a better blue tomorrow.

Purpose

• Part of the Turnkey and Operations Finance team, the Cost Lead Expert will serve as a functional leader in their area of expertise, reporting to the Cost Performance Management Director, connecting project teams, standardizing practices, and supporting development of staff across locations.
• In times of need, and dependent on workload, may be assigned to a project directly, taking the position of Lead Cost Engineer for an interim period as required. In such cases, the Lead Cost Engineer will report directly to the Project Control Manager and the Department Head only for the duration of their assignment on the project.

Responsibilities

• Assisting, under the direction of the Director of CPM, the creation and upkeep of all Cost Standards and Guidelines in GEMS
• The initiation and running of the SBM OFFSHORE ‘Cost Community of Practice’ forum
• Participating in Project Health Checks
• Assisting in all cost/project control related assurance reviews with respect to EXECUTE and OPERATIONS
• Supplementing/assisting project teams in a lead capacity as and when required by the Department Cost Management team
• Liaising with digital teams on tool improvements
• Supporting and mentoring junior and/or new team members
• Contributing towards lessons learned documentation

Education

• Minimum Qualifications: HNC or Bachelors in Engineering, Quantity Surveying or Business Administration or similar. An MSc or MBA, and affiliations to Certified bodies (AACE, PMP) will be highly desirable.

Experience

• Minimum 15 years' experience in Cost Engineering/Control, either with a tier 1 EPC Contractor or Operator in the Oil and Gas / Petrochemical industry; with minimum 'Project Lead' experience.

Functional Competencies

• Cost Control and performance management execution
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Project budget set-up
• Project Cost Management
• Contractual and commercial
• Analytics and reporting
• Cash Management
• Invoice management