Job description

We have a current opportunity for a Subsea Cost Engineer on a temporary basis. The position will be based in HOUSTON. For further information about this position please apply.

Role Synopsis:
Americas Projects are in search of a Subsea Cost Engineer for a series of multi-billion dollar new deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Paleogene developments. These projects present an exciting opportunity for world class delivery through standardized design and improved ways of working. This is to be achieved through a program work construct where a "design one, build many" approach will be utilized. These developments consist of a column stabilized moored semisubmersible Floating Production Units (FPU) intended for production of hydrocarbons, supported by subsea production systems, associated wells, and midstream services operated export pipelines

The Subsea Cost Engineer will be expected to provide cost management support to both the Kasida project (currently in Execute) and its close copy, Tiber, which will enter FEL3 in 4Q 2024. Additional tie-in developments are also being considered. This role will belong to the Americas cost team that supports the Paleogene program.

Key Accountabilities
* Supports the preparation and implementation of the work breakdown structure (WBS); ensuring understanding of the Kaskida and Tiber subsea scope across all project stages.
* Supports the set-up of appropriate control budgets from the project estimate and schedule; ensuring full understanding of subsea estimate basis, scope, schedule, contracting strategy and execution plan.
* Ensures the development and maintenance of accurate project cost reports which support tracking of project budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, value of work done and phased forecasts in alignment with the WBS.
* Ensures that data collected from project team(s) and contractors (schedules, progress, changes and risks) is used to underpin the cost forecast assumptions, phasing and control budgets.
* Ensures robust analysis of actual cost performance against planned performance to identify, understand, document and communicate variances and offer associated insights to Project Management on the overall impact and potential mitigating actions.
* Ensures all project cost pressures and opportunities are proactively identified, understood, documented and communicated with the project team, particularly Project Management.
* Supports the overall change management (trending and management of change) process; ensuring it is rigorously applied to all changes and that impacts are fully assessed and incorporated into project cost forecasts, project plans and budgets.
* Supports the cost related communication plans, interfaces and the reporting system that provides the leadership team and stakeholders with timely analysis and performance management insights for all work scope.
* Ensures bp cost management systems and tools are populated and maintained with all relevant cost data to enable standard cost performance management and reporting to Project Management and other stakeholders.
* Supports project planning and verification processes related to cost engineering including developing quarterly and annual financial plans and preparation of inputs for project stage gate reviews.
* Supports all requirements related to cost standardization and digitization strategies
* Develops and maintains close working partnership with Finance
* Ensures internal and contractor compliance with all bp cost related requirements and contractual requirements.
* Works in an integrated way with other members of the Paleogene cost team to ensure alignment and synergy in cost control and reporting
Essential Education:
* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management or other relevant field

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:
* 10+ years cost engineering experience preferably within major project environments
* Advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite of products - particularly MS Excel
* Track record of consistently producing high quality cost engineering deliverables
* Ability to produce high quality written reports and summary presentations - able to communicate clarity from complexity
* Ability to harness use of digital tools to provide high quality cost management reporting information
* Bias for simplification, efficiency, and continuous improvement
* Ability to influence, interface, communicate and work effectively with members of a project team

Desirable criteria
* Experience working on major projects with a significant subsea component
* Experience using Microsoft office including Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams, PowerBI
* Project management accreditation (PMP, APM, etc)
* Experience working with contractor organizations

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.