Vacancy: Cost Estimator at Amecron Nigeria Limited

AMECRON Nigeria Limited is an indigenous firm established and incorporated on the 26th of June, 1980, under the companies and allied matters decree of Nigeria, 1968. Primarily set up, as a consulting Civil Engineering firm, the company served both the private and public sectors for a decade, before entering into the Oil and Gas industry in the turn of the decade (1990). The company has presently evolved into one of the industry’s integrated service companies. With a workforce of over two hundred and fifty personnel and an innovative management system that is prepped to meet every objective, AMECRON has benefited in the strategy of finding the right people, and investing in them.

AMECRON services comprise Engineering- Construction & Project design, Human Resource Management, and Procurement. She also consistently invests in applicable technologies and systems which together enable her effectively meet client commitments, obligations and organizational set objectives. Deploying a strategy of investing in facilities that allows steady growth and strategic positioning, whilst achieving, AME-CRON has developed a network of office locations across Nigeria; Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Enugu and Port Harcourt, and representing offices in the United Kingdom, and United States of America.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cost Estimator

Location: Nigeria

Job Purpose & Accountabilities
Purpose:

1. Provide cost management, cost estimation, assurance, and control.
2. Risked cost estimates for entire projects/opportunity portfolio.
3. Develop tailored cost estimating tool for company

Accountabilities:

1. Reports to the Projects Delivery Manager
2. Provide End to End Cost Planning, Cost Estimation, Project Cost Risk Management, Budget and CAPEX performance monitoring.
3. Assess project scope, develop, and deliver types 0/1/2/3 cost estimates across Assess, concept select and Define phases respectively to support IP approvals.
4. Define, develop, and implement a cost management system.
5. Develop a reporting matrix to monitor actual, planned and forecast cost estimates
6. Utilize approved tools for project cost and resource phasing, monitoring, and reporting.
7. General Project Management Office support for Capital Projects
8. Contracting & Procurement process support
9. Define construction philosophy considering design influence on fabrication and installation stages. Manage constructability reviews with feedback to design.
10. Participate in TQ performance activities and provide assessment feedback to improve performance.
11. Collect Lessons Learned for implementation into project plans and data entry into KM database,
12. Maintaining and updating of type 4 cost of Delivery during Execute.
13. Interface with Shell TAs support for project cost management assurance.
14. Additional responsibilities should meet the Group Leadership attribute competencies.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree and / or Certification as a Cost Estimator or equivalent experience.
2. Minimum of 8+ years industry experience with 5+ years of capital project experience as a cost estimator
3. Have been responsible for preparation and maturation of cost estimates of project, programs or portfolio of early phase opportunities (>1 million USD)
4. Preferably PMP or APM certified or in view.

Skills & Requirements:

1. Use of basic Microsoft office (365) Tools
2. Use cost estimating tools – knowledge / experience of CES tool is an advantage
3. Project Management/ Project Engineering
4. Project Report writing and presentation skills
5. Project cost, time, resources analysis and estimating
6. Good Health, Safety and Environment knowledge
7. Planning and Budgeting skills

Application Closing Date
5th June, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: cv@amecronng.com with the Job Title as the subject of the email.