Cost Engineer

The Company:
A major Global operator focusing on Exploration and Production operating in more than 110 countries and employing over 100,000 people. A leader in the Oil and Gas and Petrochemical Industries priding themselves in their innovation and Environmental/Energy Efficiency

The Role:
Provide support to the Design Office.
Provide SAP support to the Project. (SAP – German software for Business Support)
Interface with the Project Engineers regarding the approval of all invoices for the project (Generating Purchase Orders / Service Entries in SAP; accelerating payments; increasing/decreasing PO’s; supporting efficient cash cycle management).
Act as the focal point for the Office Time writing and provide the Time writing Reports
Generate monthly accruals for multiple projects.
Carry out trend analysis, interfacing with other project members to analyze findings and help monitor Costs and Forecasts.
Attend progress meetings with the Project Engineers to review the latest cost and planning information.
Generate the Project Cost Report.
Generate and manage the office resource schedule and utilization forecast.
Proactively support the Communication Team with ad-hoc tasks regarding Stakeholders’ Relations.
Maintain and update the Third Party register of all scopes of work for the office.
Support all project teams and sub-projects with the completion of ad-hoc tasks such as generating required registers, histograms, PowerPoint presentations input, tracking tools, transfer forms, etc.

Essential Skills / Qualifications:
Experience working in a cost management / administrative role.
Must be computer literate and be proficient with Microsoft Office in particular Microsoft Excel and
Microsoft Access.
Knowledge of Primavera version 6
SAP experience will be an added advantage.