Contract & Cost Engineer - Turnaround

Role overview

Location and schedule

• The role is based in Mesaieed, Qatar.
• The stated schedule is five days per week, with in-person work.
• The stated role duration is one year.

Responsibilities

• Manage contracting and tendering for turnaround services; analyze scopes and recommend contract and tendering strategies.
• Prepare cost estimates and maintain turnaround cost databases; support annual budgets and the five-year rolling turnaround CAPEX plan.
• Track budget against actual expenditure, identify variances and overruns, and prepare forecasts, accruals, monthly progress reports, and quarterly outlooks.
• Coordinate with Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, Planning, and Turnaround teams; review contractor plans, procedures, performance, and costs.
• Support cost-saving initiatives and long-term contracting strategies; ensure appropriate OPEX/CAPEX accounting and cost allocation.
• Develop and maintain cost-control procedures, systems, and reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant discipline.
• Five to ten years of relevant experience; oil and gas, petrochemical, fertilizer, refinery, or similar industry experience is preferred.
• Strong experience in turnaround/shutdown contracts and cost control; combined hands-on experience in turnaround/shutdown, contracts, and cost engineering/control is highly preferred.
• Experience in cost estimation, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Working knowledge of SAP PM and SAP MM; strong Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.
• Good stakeholder coordination and reporting skills.

Compensation

• Pay is up to QAR 23,000 per month.