Sr. Construction Cost Engineer, EMEA Construction Cost Control
Amazon
- Dubai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Engaging and managing third party Quantity Surveyors.
- Validating construction cost estimates at various stages of design.
- Working seamlessly with multi-disciplinary teams, both internal and external.
- Communicating cost control goals to all stakeholders effectively.
- Identify Value Engineering opportunities in the design and quantify the savings.
- Identify project risks and the financial cost impacts associated with them and communicate to the broader team.
- Updating repository for historical data.
- Defining and tracking cost performance metrics and leading monthly cost reporting.
- Analyzing and providing timely feedback of vendor proposals using AWS benchmark data.
- Creating accurate bid leveling documents.
- Validating the final award amount and scope based on contract documents.
- Implementing, maintaining and executing all cost control, change management, progress and performance reporting.
- Validating construction change cost impacts.
- Ensuring vendor invoices are accurate and timely.
- Supporting the construction team with project close-out and final payments.
- Delivering results for multiple projects with completing priorities on a consistent basis.
- Ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality and reliability.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Dubai, AREBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 5 years of experience in construction cost control, with specific knowledge of electrical, mechanical or CSA cost elements.
- Experience with Data Center or other mission critical construction environments.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Experience reviewing and justifying budgets and estimates.
- Experience communicating estimate strategy to construction and non-construction professionals.
- Ability to create and maintain documentation.
- Experience with estimating software such as CostX, Cubit, Onscreen takeoff, Timberline and Bluebeam.