Cost Engineer

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Job Summary: We are seeking a Cost Engineer to perform planning, cost control, and cost analysis for construction and engineering projects, ensuring budgetary accuracy and providing strategic support for decision-making. Key Highlights: 1. Planning, cost control, and cost analysis for construction and engineering projects. 2. Optimization of resources and assurance of economic viability. 3. Implementation of improvements in planning and control processes. **Description:** We are seeking a Cost Engineer to perform planning, cost control, and cost analysis for construction and engineering projects, ensuring budgetary accuracy and providing strategic support for decision-making. The professional will be responsible for developing estimates, monitoring financial execution, and optimizing resources, thereby ensuring economic viability and achievement of established targets. Responsibilities and Duties * Develop detailed project budgets, including cost estimates for materials, labor, equipment, and services. Register and update inputs, service compositions, and budgets in Sienge; · Ensure MO (MOP and Contractors) resource management by organizing and maintaining rigorous allocation controls (appropriation of inputs and services into the budgeted WBS); · Build and update comprehensive construction schedules (physical schedule, histogram, and S-curve); · Coordinate project planning and replanning, ensuring predictability and control over execution; · Strictly monitor and enforce the physical\-financial schedule jointly developed with project managers, providing periodic progress, cost, and performance indicator reports; · Monitor physical progress of construction works, tracking deadlines, deliverables, and team/fleet performance; · Identify deviations from plans, conduct critical analyses, and propose replanning and improvements to execution sequences; · Lead critical executive planning activities, such as closing meetings with contractors and defining phase-based work packages; · Ensure integration among engineering, procurement, finance, and execution departments to align project strategies; · Implement improvements in construction planning and control processes, promoting standardization, efficiency, and innovation. Requirements and Qualifications * Academic Qualification: Completed Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering; · Proven Experience: Solid experience in construction project planning and control. \-Prior experience with physical\-financial scheduling, performance analysis, and managerial reporting. Knowledge of construction cash flow management and project budgeting; · Cost Management Software: Proficiency in Sienge and Prevision platforms; · Strong communication skills, strategic vision, and critical analytical ability; 2512160202201691642