Cost Recovery Advisor

Job Duties

Under general supervision:

• Leverages various data sources including project's approved business case, baselines, management plans, Open Wells reports, financials, and resources consumption/utilization.
• Meticulously measures, analyzes, and interprets variances and trends across key project control areas (scope, schedule, cost, and risk) to showcase operational and financial performance.
• Collaborates with project team and stakeholders to identify areas of improvement and develop action plans that address issues' root cause(s) and maximize cost savings and PSL pull-throughs.
• Provides insightful analysis that support project manager and senior leadership in decision-making and development of strategies aimed to improve operational efficiency, mitigate risks, and maximize profitability in addition to shaping long-term and future bid's strategies.

Additional Role Responsibilities:
 
The Project Services Lead (PSL) oversees the work of the Project Cost Engineer, Project Planner/Scheduler, Document Controller and Project Estimator.

The PSL is responsible to the Project Director for the quality, timeliness, and content of the effort carried out by these project support personnel, together with: 

•    Develop and maintain the EPCM Contract Project Controls Plans, own the controls processes and ensure all project staff are aware of their responsibilities. 
•    Development Project Controls Plan covering the above discipline and implementation of the plan 
•    Preparation of both the client’s and internal project reports. 
•    Provide support to Client on all the assurance, verification work that as requested 
•    Establishment of the project man-hour control system and the maintenance of the system. 
•    Establishment of the project cost control system and management of the system covering all the cost control processes and alignment activities. 
•    Preparation and verification of the monthly invoices. 
•    Checking of the incoming invoices from the work share offices 
•    Establishment of the project planning system and management of the system covering all the cost project planning processes, management of all the project plans and alignment activities. 
•    Establishment of the project cost estimation system and management of the system covering all the cost estimation processes including benchmarking and alignment activities. 
•    Identify, implement and maintain the complete controls structure, tools and procedures needed for the projects based on the contracting strategy, execution plan and the risks identified; 
•    Own and manage the project’s EPCM Contract Management of Change (MOC) process; 
•    Own and manage the EPCM Contract project’s risk management process; 
•    Responsible in ensuring the alignment of project information and data in the development of project services deliverables 

Qualifications

• Requires expertise on well engineering with operational focus on offering financial, contractual and project-based guidance.
• Requires an undergraduate STEM degree with 6+ years' experience (Operations and Engineering).
• Exposure to multi-discipline operations is preferred.

Preferred Experience:
 
•    Minimum 15 years experience in Oil and Gas Industry. 7 years in Lead roles managing a PS team 
•    Minimum 10 years experience in  Oil and Gas related project delivery 
•    Minimum 5 years experience in  Oil and Gas Project Delivery as a Umbrella Contract Project Services Lead 
•    Experience in cost control, cost estimating, project scheduling and risk management and alignment of these disciplines 
•    Experience in portfolio management of projects 
•    Experience in managing resources in a multidiscipline team 
•    Preferable membership in a Project services related association