Senior Estimator - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - McDermott International, Ltd

Description

Job Description

Company Overview:

People power our future. That is why advancing a dynamic, inclusive environment, where everyone grows and thrives is critically important to us.

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we've forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore, and using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Here, what you do matters.

Job Overview:

Review and validate the inputs issued by the functional estimators

Ensures review of specifications; build sequences and complexity to develop the fabrication man-hours estimate.

Issue fabrication man hours and adders and yard CAPEX cost requirements to P&E.

Issues deliverables such as yard layouts, lift and load out methodology to P&E.

Issue fabrication related subcontract RFQs with input from functional estimators and engineering

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Review ITT, Scope of Work and specifications and raise clarifications.
• Identify RFQ's to be raised and advise engineering and estimating for any input and assistance, issue RFQ's.
• Carry out RFQ Technical Bid Evaluations, with functional SME as required.
• Determine fabrication and erection sequence, load-out methodology and weighing requirements.
• Prepare fabrication cost adders estimate, obtain functional department SME input.
• Identify and raise any capital expenditure estimate required in consultation with Fabrication Management.
• Liaise with Planning and Procurement for developing the plan and identifying the float on long lead items and critical paths.
• Identify work arounds, if any, identify the impacts and estimate impacts.
• Identify any additional storage space requirement, jetty requirement, crane, SPMT trailer requirement, and include the necessary in fabrication adder cost.
• Prepare RAM (responsibility assignment matrix) for all RFQs related to fabrication services whether carried out within the facility or outside.
• Advise rates and factors to be considered for the man-hour estimate.
• Advise on benchmarks to be considered for the bid with regards to schedule, complexity, yard space, etc.
• Send inputs to QA/QC Coordinator for them to prepare consumable costs and other indirect costs.
• Attend all bid progress and review meetings.
• Organize Fabrication Management reviews of the fabrication inputs.
• Prepare the Basis of Estimate and issue the fabrication EBS to P&E.
• Prepare all required Fabrication deliverables for Technical submission.
• Review QA/QC and welding engineering adders cost.
• Review the Rolling v/s Purchased.
• Review cladding requirement and advise strategy on pricing.
• Identify Optimizations and review with Cost Estimator & Bid Manager for consideration
• Additional Yard equipment requirement (procure or rental)
• Review the fabrication schedule for possible cost estimating impacts.
• Provide man hour and cost benchmarking, analysis and justifications for assessed differences.
• Coordinate PROM inputs from functional departments.
• Provide fabrication PMT cost estimates.
• Attend cost estimate, yard planning and management review meetings.
• Collaborates on development of customer bid forms with cost estimators.
• Prepare fabrication estimate qualifications.
• Prepare and monitor bid budget man hours.
  
  

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Diploma in Civil/ Mechanical/Structural EngI Design I Drafting or other technical degree
• 5+ years (P2) in Production Engineering or Construction
• Expertise in MS Office Excel / Estimating systems
• 5+ years demonstrated estimating experience
• Must have cost estimating experience and be familiar with materials, specifications and fabrication methods.
• Previous Fabrication experience and ability to read engineering drawings.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications and Education:

• Ability to meet challenging deadlines.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to remain effective during major changes (internally or externally imposed).
• Ability to work harmoniously within the team and other departments.
• Co-operation and assistance to others.
• Ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.
• Willingness to take the lead including taking on new initiatives and developments.