Cost Control Engineer
Shell
Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months
Majnoon First Commercial Production is a $2 billion project and Shell’s flagship entry project in Iraq. A cost engineer is responsible for estimating, forecasting and controlling costs on a project.
Managed costs for more than 60 contracts worth over $150 million across logistics and vendor site services.
Contributed to the team that successfully brought contract costs under control following a business control incident (BCI). Personally led the interface with the contractor team, introduced reporting processes and ensured implementation of new control procedures.
Personally selected to be part of a focused task force to drive scheduled performance and meet business targets. I identified and proactively mitigated issues, ensured transparent accountability and reported progress to senior project and Shell decision makers.
Increased organisational efficiency and ensured Iraqi commercial compliance within the intra-company billing process by refining the process, creating correct practice guides and writing macros.
Delivered monthly and bi-weekly project reporting (HSE, cost, schedule, progress, highlights, issues, etc) to senior decision makers, including Executive Committee Members. Received feedback that the quality of this reporting was to a very high standard.
J.P. Morgan Cazenove offers a full range of investment banking services to companies in the UK including M&A, corporate broking and investor relations. I interned on the UK Consumer, Retail & Healthcare team, supporting senior team members this required strong stakeholder engagement, first-rate IT skills and the willingness and stamina to do long hours to meet tight deadlines at excellent standards.
Offered a graduate position as an Investment Banking Analyst at the end of the internship due to performance.
Researched, analysed and presented in-depth financial and strategic information for both client and internal meetings.
Completed financial models to assist senior management in strategic recommendations for clients.
Delegated and monitored presentation and research tasks to internal support teams and ensured work was satisfactorily completed.
PwC’s Management Consulting practice assists organisations in improving the way they operate, accelerating growth, reducing costs and managing risks. I was selected to work face-to-face on a long-term project with the company’s largest retail client.
Offered a graduate position on the Foundation for the Future programme within the Consulting practice.
Researched and analysed existing procedures, in order to provide evidence, best practice or discrepancies to allow senior project members to strategise operational improvements for the client.
Prepared, collated and restructured presentation documents to assist senior project members in securing the buy-in of relevant parties and markets to the proposed strategies.
Developed excellent customer service skills as the first point of contact for customers in the branch and on the telephone.
Identified where the Bank could help the customer, pursued potential sales leads and contacted customers to discuss any opportunities and arrange appointments. Frequently top of the performance tables for number of sales closed.
Selected to act as Service Quality Manager to cover holiday periods, responsibilities involved:
- Rescuing relationships with customers;
- Liaising with internal departments to deliver speedy resolution of complaints;
- Working with other staff members to ensure compliance with the correct procedure for every complaint.
The Rejuvenation Project (AFLE) was a $500 million project designed to extend the life of Shell’s major gas facilities in the UK by 20 years. I was approached by Shell to provide cost & planning assistance intermittently during vacation from university.
Led the implementation of an interface between SAP and Primavera for the project to ensure continuity of information between the two programmes and allow the progress of the contracting company to be monitored.
Pro-actively sought information and feedback from the theme leaders for inclusion in, and update of, the project plan.
Liaised regularly and effectively with the Project Cost Planner and the Asset Planning Engineers for each site. Completed any necessary filing of project plan information in Primavera.
I spent a gap year with Shell, through the Year in Industry (YINI), prior to starting university. I was assigned to two projects during the year.
Saved the company £5 million by creating a statistical modelling programme which identified possible compliance with new regulations using only three wells, rather than the four planned. This model also monitored produced water discharge quantities to ensure the company avoided prosecution/prohibition.
Earned a Business Recognition Award presented by Shell and a Business Improvement Award presented by YINI due to success of the above programme.
Provided cost and planning assistance to a $500 million project and was part of the team that brought both the implementation plan and budget up to the necessary standard to gain Final Investment Decision.
Initiated the organisation and implementation of a safety campaign.
Spent two days offshore on the Nelson platform, attended an Advanced Safety Leadership Course, completed a Certificate in Management with merit at Perth College and joined the Student Charity Group where we arranged a selection of events which rose over £15, 000.
Chosen to represent YINI in the End of Term magazine which is sent out to all school leavers in Scotland.
Key modules included: Business Finance, Corporate Finance, Mathematical & Statistical Techniques, Development Economics, Industrial Economics, Microeconomics & Macroeconomics.