About the position
Our client, a leading mining business, is currently seeking to engage with an Estimator to join their growing team to be based in Kathu, Northern Cape. This will be a 12 month contract with potential to be renewed for up to 3 years.
The Estimator is accountable for ensuring the class and accuracy of cost estimates for major and mega projects.
He / she is responsible to ensure:
- The development of an integrated estimating plan.
- The development and updating of the estimate aligned to the required class of estimate, all phases of a project supported by a detailed basis of estimate and assessing the estimate maturity in alignment to the estimating standard.
- The updating of the estimating database (including benchmarking).
- To ensure that a Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) is conducted to model the project risk profile and calculate the contingency and accuracy ranges (P10 & P90).
Minimum Requirements:
- University degree/diploma: In Cost Estimating, Quantity Surveying or Economics.
- Mining and related operations environment.
- Technical areas - Geology, Mining, Metallurgy, Engineering.
- 10 to 15 years' experience in the following:
- Construction / Engineering Project Management environment.
- Cost estimating.
- General management experience.
- Valid driver's license and own vehicle
- Demonstrate proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Willing to relocate to Kathu, if not in the province
Main duties will include, but are not limited to:
Development of integrated cost estimating plans:
- Ensuring alignment with the Group Estimating Standards for each phase (definition of what is required from a basis of estimate perspective).
- Ensuring alignment with other key elements / parties of the project e.g. Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Schedule, Project Economics.
Development and updating of the cost estimate and basis of estimate:
- Confirmation of the estimating structure, aligned to the WBS.
- Development of a basis of estimate.
- Assessing and validating components of the estimate prepared by 3rd parties.
- Application of Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA).
- Benchmarking of key elements of the cost estimate.
- Production and QA of the Cashflow that will be incorporated into the Project Economic model.
To support and work with the Project/ Study Manager and Project Economist during the study phases by providing cost data / benchmarking to support decision making.
- Provide support to cost engineer (if required).
- Support any material change requests - preparing new cost estimates.
- Feed real cost data (as-built data) back into estimating database.
Interfaces with: Procurement Manager, Controls Manager, Project Team Management, Suppliers, Contractors, EPCM Contractors and Consultants
Desired Skills:
- estimator
- mining
- cost engineer
- Estimating
- BOQ
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