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Job Title: Cost Manager – Offshore Renewables
Type: Long-Term Contractor role (out-side IR35)
Location: Remote role, Island of Ireland, UK, wider EU, with 3 days on site in Dublin every 3 to 4 weeks
Mandatory: Offshore Engineering experience
Mandatory: EU or British Citizenships only
Job Description
The Cost Manager will play a key role in the Phase 1 and Phase 2 Offshore Delivery Teams. Forming part of the Core team, report to the Offshore Business Operations Manager, and work closely with the Phase 2 Offshore Delivery Team.
The Cost Manager must possess significant and demonstrable experience in undertaking similar role(s) on high-value and complex Programmes, preferably in the Offshore Renewable Energy and Infrastructure sectors.
It is expected that the candidate will be educated to degree level in a project management, cost management, engineering, or construction industry discipline. Strong analytical & IT skills, particularly MS Office Suite, including Power BI is desirable.
Key Responsibilities
* Forecasting: Produce and maintain accurate costs and cash forecasts and estimates at completion.
* Collect and Validate Cost: Maintain all cost data within the financial control system, including monthly Actual Cost of Work Performed calculations.
* Reporting and Analysis: Collaborate with all disciplines to produce insightful cost analysis, forecasting and actual costs to a defined project controls reporting cycle.
* Measuring and reporting progress monthly: including assessing detailed progress claims, accruals, data updates, trend analysis, and change orders
* Validating Data: Support the review and integration of forecasts provided by Internal Delivery Teams Contractors and Suppliers.
* Change Management and Reporting: Lead and ensure the assessment of all changes and accurate representation of approved Trend and Changes and feed into risk management activities.
* Collaborate: Work closely with Finance, Scheduling, Risk team, Estimating Team in order that costs are collected and profiled consistently.
* Establish project cost baselines: including establishing the Cost Breakdown structure and ensure cost control accounts are aligned with WBS work packages and planning packages.
* Leads, directs, manages and takes ownership on all commercial aspects of programme delivery
* Managing relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders providing a leadership role to the wider programme team
* Responsible for ensuring all commercially focused activities and outputs are delivered to meet programme objectives including, but not limited to: financial and commercial reporting, capital/revenue planning, funding requests, estimating, capital approval requests, commercial benchmarking, cost performance management and reporting
* Ensure robust cost control measures are adopted and reporting of same
* Lead the successful development, implementation and continuous review of the Programme Commercial Strategy and Estimating Strategy
* Support in any refresh activities of the Programme’s Procurement Strategy, advising on any enhancements required
* Support in supplier and market engagement activities
* Support in tender review, evaluation and negotiation processes
* Support in the development, implementation and continuous review of the Contract Strategy, aligning with the Procurement Strategy and proposed contract packaging structure
* Collaborate with Finance and Procurement teams on procurement strategies, market engagement and developing approaches to safeguard Our Client’s interests and commercial risk
* Lead the successful implementation of all commercial management services on the programme, managing and working with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure delivery standards
* Bring best-practice commercial management approaches to the programme
* Lead on approaches to develop cost efficiencies and bringing Value for Money approaches across the Programme including earned value analysis and reporting
* Support in contract management and negotiation with consultants, suppliers and contractors
* Liaise with the Programme Director to review, assess and evaluate contractor delivery in accordance with the project processes, contractual terms and conditions and commensurate with contractual entitlement
* Identify and advise on commercial risk / claims
* Provide support, where required, in the negotiation of contracts/framework agreements
* Provide strategic leadership with respect to programme funding at corporate and European levels.
* Lead on commercial/financial reporting processes to internal and external stakeholders
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* A degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering or Finance or a related field
* Minimum of 10 years Significant and demonstrable experience in leading commercial management on Multi-Million programmes preferably in the Offshore Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Sectors.
* Qualification - Chartership, NFQ 8, Relevant Leadership and Management Training.
* Professional membership(s) with industry recognized bodies ie SCSI, RICS, APM, ICE is desirable
* Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and organisational skills will be essential for this role with the ability to forge and maintain strong working relationships.
* Proactive ability to work independently and work with cross-functional teams including consultants and contractors.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Project Management, Engineering, and Supply Chain
* Industries
Services for Renewable Energy, Engineering Services, and Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution
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