Change Management/Trend Engineer

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is a global provider of engineering, construction, and project management services with a reputation for excellence and innovative project delivery. An opportunity exists within the Bechtel project team to work closely with our customer on a key Bechtel project in Perth, WA.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting implementation of project specific cost control and reporting procedures, estimating, analysis and control activities for projects with significant non-routine requirements. You will prepare cost studies, cost trends, and develop and implement project requirements for cost control. Your analysis will provide innovative solutions to cost engineering challenges.

Major Responsibilities:

• Undertakes trend detection recording, monitoring, and reporting change to the project management team.
• Forecast cost and schedule impacts on budget resulting from trends and then suggesting mitigation plans.
• Understand Bechtel trend process and subcontracts/key requirements for changes in contracts.
• Assists in analysis of specially assigned change related initiatives or work planning requiring detailed change assessment and response planning efforts.
• Support the overall trend program schedule and initiating trend focus meetings through cooperation with all disciplines to achieve a successful trend programme.
• Supports the timely preparation of cost estimates. Prepares and analyzes comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data between the projects. Performs productivity analysis of Construction operations and verifies results. Establishes productivity basis to be utilized in estimates, as developed with the concurrence of Construction.
• Prepares or supervises the preparation of cost studies utilizing historical data, statistical analysis, and cost and quantity comparisons. Develops innovative new techniques to meet specific needs, as required.
• Responsible developing trend evaluations. Verifies consistency with previous reports to ensure compatibility. Responsible for issuing reports required by management and project procedures.
• Responsible for understanding the project budget and scope, monitoring project development, flagging all deviations from budget, as well as preparing and evaluating trends.
• Assists in developing unit job-hour and pricing data for a specific discipline or other specialty. Performs data analysis, identifies problems, and makes recommendations.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10  years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of estimating methods, processes, and procedures.
• Knowledge and experience in quantity takeoffs, statistical analysis, and cost and price analysis.
• Skilled in understanding and implementing technical discipline processes, engineering drawings, quantity determinations, and mathematical and financial reports.
• Thorough understanding of cost indices and escalation projection sources.
• Understands and contributes to risk and contingency assessments.
• Skilled in oral and written communications, including presentation skills and ability to address the project management team.
• Intermediate knowledge of Excel – such as lookups, pivot tables, complex graphs.
• Knowledge of BETK – Bechtel’s internal estimating software – and how to conform the estimate details into budgets for packages.

Total Rewards/Benefits

There are many reasons why choosing to join Bechtel is one of the best career decisions you will ever make. In addition to working with talented, dedicated people and having the opportunity to play an integral role in stimulating and challenging local and international projects, Bechtel is committed to offering you the benefits and resources to live a healthy life.

With a market aligned salary package and annual discretionary performance bonus scheme in place, employee wellbeing is also at the centre of our business - promoted through our strong health and safety focus and private health cover including access to a leading employee assistance program.

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