Massy Wood is recruiting for a Senior Cost Analyst with extensive experience in an EPC project environment within the oil and gas industry.
The Senior Cost Analyst must have a comprehensive working knowledge of Cost the function within Project Controls. They must have the ability to take the lead on multiple projects concurrently and be an advisor from a cost perspective on all projects under purview.
- Comprehensive working knowledge of client contracts with Massy Wood Group. Must be able to speak to Commercial contract clauses and risk where necessary.
- Comprehensive working knowledge of Project Controls and interfaces with Planning and Estimating.
- Work with all relevant project and discipline personnel to ensure that cost control procedures are adhered to.
- Prepare Cost Time Resources (CTR’s) for approval by client.
- Prepare change requests for approval by client where necessary.
- Reviewing cost commitment and expenditure information (for all cost elements), for input to the computerised cost control and reporting system (Mpower) on a weekly basis and ensuring that all information received is accurate and correctly input.
- Prepare monthly/weekly cost reports and advising key stakeholders of any forecast cost overruns as soon as possible to allow corrective actions to be taken in a timely manner. Highlighting areas of concern and suggesting areas of improvement. Each cost report should clearly demonstrate the progress of Cost Performance Index (CPI) per project.
- Measurement of Earned Value (EV) for each project.
- Inform key stakeholders of commercial risk in each project being managed.
- Preparation of other corporate/contract/project reports/presentations for internal customers (e.g. management) and external customers (clients).
- Measure Value of work done (VOWD’s) for each project through the use of business systems.
- Adherence to Massy Wood Group Project Control Procedures.
- Maintaining comprehensive accessible registers of financial approvals, variations and change orders.
- Review project man-hours and the allocation of man-hours in conjunction with Planners on a weekly basis.
- Liaising with the finance department with regards to establishing monthly evaluation of work done, goods received and services rendered for invoice preparation and verification.
- Ensure that all cost related work is in compliance with the contract.
- Maintain charge-out rates within computerised cost system (Mpower), ensuring they are up to date and all rate uplifts are implemented.
- Maintain a full understanding of Massy Wood Group business systems.
- Ensure that adequate control of commitment is in place.
- Assist Estimator in preparation of estimates where necessary. Where possible prepare estimates for review by estimator.
- Liaise with other disciplines in the control and forecasting of budgets and ensuring that all scopes including change requests are included.
- Ensure that the corporate and contract-specific change control procedures are being adhered to.
- Ensure all contracts are set up in Mpower to accurately capture and report cost across contracts and projects.
- Ensure proper change management process is carried out across all projects and in adherence to Massy Wood Group procedures.
- Support Business Development team in new business activities.
- Coordination of the time writing process within the computerised cost system.