Lead Estimator
Kbr Inc. - Saudi Arabia
Total years of experience :12 years, 3 Months
- Conducting research and gathering data on project specifications, such as blueprints, schematics, and other technical documentation.
- Conducting research and gathering cost data on applied international standards and compare this cost with estimated cost of client's specific standards
- Analysing data to determine the costs of standard application, materials, labour, and other factors necessary to complete the project.
- Developing cost estimates using a variety of methods, such as historical data, industry benchmarks, and industry-specific cost models.
- Preparing detailed cost reports that outline the costs associated with different aspects of the project, including labour, materials, and equipment.
- Collaborating with project managers, engineers, client representatives and other stakeholders to ensure that cost estimates are accurate and comprehensive.
- Reviewing and updating cost estimates throughout the project lifecycle, as necessary.
- Communicating with clients and other stakeholders to explain cost estimates and address any questions or concerns.
- Providing guidance and mentorship to junior cost estimators
Duties and responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive database for prices to all items included in water and wastewater projects.
• Develop project cost estimates that vary in the degree of accuracy as per the project life cycle stage.
• Review variation orders submitted by contractors for new items.
• Participate in value engineering studies providing cost estimates for the different options.
• Review cost Bill of Quantities and cost estimates prepared by design consultants.
• Ensure that a cost estimates are prepared for all projects.
• Support strategic planning department in the reviewing budget for projects.
•Prepared cost estimates for more than 250 projects with Saudi Aramco.
•Provide estimating services at various stages of a project's development ranging from
concept budgets to 'for construction' cost.
•Prepares and maintains historical cost data.
•Evaluate plans and specifications to provide accurate takeoffs.
•Analyze blueprints and other documentation to prepare time, cost, materials, and labor
estimates.
•Confer with engineers, designers, owners, contractors, and subcontractors on changes
and adjustments to cost estimates.
•Conducted site visits, provided informed advice and recommendations to the company
regarding site viability.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Ensuring contractors are compliance with Saudi Aramco mandatory requirements/documents on capital projects.
- Interpreting and reviewing technical requirements for Saudi Aramco and contractors by reviewing standards and procedures.
- Check and verify contractors & sub-contractors issued for construction drawings, installation and testing procedures in compliance with Saudi Aramco standards and other related codes.
- Preparation of inspection and test plan and construction quality procedure.
- Preparation and submittal for RFI.
- Review and Inspection of all electrical material, prior to Installation.
- Daily monitoring the construction activities.
- Verify the equipment and devices used in the project meets the required specifications per project requirements, standard and tested in accordance with the procedures.
- Monitor the underground installations; check the required burial depth and spacing requirements to adjacent installations, prior to backfilling
- Testing of cable meggering.
- Inspection of electrical installation panels monitoring control panel wiring, termination, cable routing & cable tray installation.
- Verify all required inspection report and test records are systematically generated and compiled according to the approved QC Procedures.
- Inspection of switchgear panel installation, cable termination and bus bar torque.
- Installation of control panel and termination continuity and Megger test.
- Insulation resistance and winding resistance testing of LV, MV motors.
- Inspection of ground rod, ground grid, and grounding cable, as per engineering specification.
- Preparation of electrical inspection reports.
- QA/QC Inspection witness for cathodic protection system underground pipe lines and metal tanks. Installation of permanent anodes and galvanic anodes, .
- Provide sufficient feed back to QA/QC manager on the day to day quality issues.
- To supervise and carry out effective implementation of work schedule to clear punch list.