Cost Estimator Manager

Cost Estimator Manager

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Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Cost Estimator Manager in Houston, TX.

You are a team player who requires minimal supervision that will act as a technical resource for Estimating within the Global Project Methodology (GPM) work process. You will provide leadership and guidance to help others find solutions to complex problems. You may lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and / or complexity. You will coordinate data inputs from the various disciplines and functions to ensure accurate and competitive estimates.

You will engage with the project steering team to understand causes of the deviation and the need to establish actions to mitigate, where deviations from established tolerances occur.

Responsibilities :

• Serves as Estimating subject matter expert.
• Provides estimates to evaluate various conceptual alternates and support economic evaluations.
• Utilizes historical data with appropriate installation factors, site specific factors and experience to produce cost estimates for project authorization and execution purposes.
• Collects and correlates necessary project-related cost and schedule data needed to determine equipment, material, subcontract, construction labor, expenses, and in-direct reports such as engineering, taxes, etc.
• Ensures accuracy of estimates by working closely with Project Team members to understand scope and details of project.
• Evaluates project deviations in order to provide data to project steering team for proper decision making.
• Keeps abreast of global economic trends and execution methods that affect project capital costs.
• Provides supporting data for GPM measurements, external benchmarking and project closure.
• Utilizes project estimated scope of work and aligns costs with schedule.
• Contributes to improvement of Cost Estimating Work Process and leveraging of learning experiences.
• Supports the implementation of Most Effective Technology (MET).
• Works independently without guidance (except in complicated situations).
• Applies in-depth knowledge of and advanced level of expertise in estimating to resolve complex problems or issues.
• Analyzes and identifies internal / external business challenges.
• Uses sophisticated analytical thought and judgement to identify innovative solutions.
• Recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
• Communicates difficult concepts to others and persuades others to adopt a different point of view.
• Provides coaching to developing estimators.
• Leads others to solve complex problems.
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and / or complexity.

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