Cost Manager – Capital Project Development Team

Cost Manager – Capital Project Development Team

Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering, Construction Sciences, Mechanical, Chemical or related field.
• 15+ years of experience of project controls experience on large projects (>$200M) in the Chemical and Petrochemical industry.
• Extensive experience in all aspects of cost engineering during FEED and detail engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
• Ability to lead global and diversified professional team within an Owner’s organization.
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization to influence and achieve desired results.
• Ability to liaise and communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Capacity to work independently with minimal direction and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability understanding technical information and communicate progress to internal and external stakeholders (i.e. technical and management).
• Strong organization skills, the capacity to successfully manage competing priorities, maintain attention to detail and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in project controls tools and work processes – MS Office, MS Project, Power BI, SAP.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to Albemarle’s safety culture and Core Values.
• Provide development, leadership, oversight, advice, and guidance to projects for cost controls activities.
• Lead cost activities for Large and Early Stages Mega Projects within Albemarle Capital Projects portfolio.
• Accountable for developing predictable cost forecast validated within internal and industry benchmarks to ensure project competitiveness.
• Coordinates development of a quality project controls deliverables to support forecasting activities from Business Planning to Operate Stage (FEL0 through Project Completion) including Owner’s and Contractor activities.
• Assist Sr. Director, Portfolio Planning and Controls in leading Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and Long Range Plan (LRP) in leading these programs across Albemarle.
• Support ongoing planning definition process, specifically though establishing milestone targets, effective deadline management and resource allocations.
• Continuous review and assessment of project progress to preserve cost delivery and provide accurate updates to Albemarle Management.
• In coordination with senior management, reviewing financial data for projects on a regular basis to identify trends and variances, challenges, risks, and opportunities, and track Key Project Indicators (KPIs).
• Develop, review, and maintain a Change Management program ensuring project changes (i.e. design, construction, etc.) are controlled in accordance with corporate policies and practices.
• Support Lessons Learned program and implement based on industry experience and best practices.
• Develop Power BI dashboards to effectively communicate project information.
• Establish and support the implementation of the Albemarle standard cost control systems within global EPC/CM firms and internal Engineering groups.
• Maintain liaison with local and corporate internal procurement, contracts, financial and leadership teams to ensure alignment on corporate strategy and goals.
• Development of a suite of project portfolio performance measurement reports for project stakeholders and executive leadership team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Spanish in addition to English is a plus.