Turnaround Cost & Benchmark Engineer / Netherlands

Turnaround Cost & Benchmark Engineer

The Turnaround (TA) Cost Engineering team is responsible for cost estimation, cost control and benchmarking of TA & Projects department executed Turnarounds.

The TA Cost Estimating & Benchmark Engineer is responsible for:

• Contributing to the development, implementation and maintenance of cost management and estimating tools, processes, procedures, and reports in support of needs and compliant with the global Asset Management System framework. A key document is the TA Cost Management Plan.
• Coordination of the annual Turnaround Business plan
• Contributing to consistent cost performance measurement for TA and management reporting including the maintenance of the historical Turnaround cost performance database.
• Delivering 50% and 30% accurate cost estimates, identify special cost items and cost drivers deviating from the standard rates (approx. total of 20 estimates per year).
• Maintaining the key equipment cost ratio's of Turnaround Cost Estimate tool for 50% and 30% estimates together with the lead-planner focal-point on annual basis.
• Providing ad-hoc support to peer cost engineers responsible for delivery of 10% accurate cost estimates, cost controls and reporting of cost progress within strict time schedules and routines.
• Performing cost estimate assurance reviews for estimates delivered by your peers.
• Coordination of post-TA delivery of close-out documentation and lessons learned.
• Delivering consistent and qualitative input to the bi-annual.
• Contributing to the development and implementation of per unit competitive Turnaround target costs.
• Participation in external assurance cost estimate reviews at other operating sites within Downstream.
• Performing ad hoc problem solving and analytical requests from senior management.

Education and experience required:

The TA Cost Estimating & Benchmark Engineer will not have any direct reports, however she/he is expected to act as technical coach of her/his peers within the TA Cost Engineering team with respect to cost estimating and benchmarking.

• Technical Bachelor degree or equivalent work experience demonstrating your affinity with the technical scope of work of a Turnaround/Project to validate ability to translate scope, risks and uncertainties into costs
• Work experience on Turnarounds and/or Projects in Execute.
• Strong communicator and effective in building sustainable relationships with stakeholders
• Creative in applying a range of influence tactics and not afraid of being the messenger of a hard truth
• Fluency in Dutch, both in writing as verbally to enable effective communications with stakeholders.
• IT literate with strong affinity with Excel for our cost control and estimating tools are Excel based.

For more information about this role please contact me.