Sr. Cost Engineer

Overview

Senior Cost Engineer in the Facilities Engineering & Projects team at Chevron ENGINE, Bengaluru, responsible for cost management activities on a capital project or portfolio of projects.

What you'll do

• Participate in developing Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures as the basis for project budgeting, cost controls, planning, scheduling, and forecasting.
• Develop project controls plans, cost estimates, and schedules as required by the Chevron Cost Engineering Handbook and Capital Projects Management System (CPMS).
• Support the development of documentation for project funding appropriation and business planning.
• Configure, maintain, and administer cost control systems; ensure interfaces with accounting and procurement systems are accurate.
• Track project progress, earned value, and deviations, and provide project performance analysis.
• Develop monthly project cost and schedule status reports.
• Implement the Cost Management of Change (CMOC) process and procedures.
• Manage and control project changes for approved budgets; ensure changes are incorporated into project cost forecasts and schedules.
• Support and participate in the cost and schedule assurance process and risk management process.
• Evaluate contingency through risk analysis to establish an appropriate contingency drawdown strategy.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree (B.E./B.Tech) in engineering or a related field from a recognized (AICTE) university.
• Experienced cost engineer with strong involvement in cost estimating, planning, scheduling, project control and project reporting.
• Proactive, process driven, and detail oriented, able to work with people, recognize potential issues and find solutions.

Nice to have

• 12+ years of Cost Engineering experience (estimating, scheduling, cost control, management of change, progress measurement and assessment, forecasting).
• Understanding of project execution planning and risk management for capital projects.
• Broad knowledge of industry, cost engineering trends and best practices, as well as planning and scheduling.

Details

• Based in Chevron's office in Bengaluru.
• Standard work week Monday to Friday; working hours 8:00am to 5:00pm or 1:30pm to 10:30pm.
• Chevron is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.