Requisition ID: 275496 Relocation Authorized: None Telework Type: N/A Work Location: Perth, WA Bechtel Mining and Metals is seeking an experienced Lead Trend Engineer with proven capabilities to join our project team in Perth. What We Offer: There are many reasons why choosing to join Bechtel is one of the best career decisions you will ever make. In addition to working with talented, dedicated people and having the opportunity to play an integral role in stimulating and challenging local and international projects, Bechtel is committed to offering you the benefits and resources to live a healthy life. With a market aligned salary package and annual discretionary performance bonus scheme in place, employee wellbeing is also at the centre of our business - promoted through our strong health and safety focus and private health cover including access to a leading employee assistance program. About the Role: As Lead Trend Engineer, you will supervise cost estimating, analysis, and control activities. You will be responsible for cost engineering, cost estimating, and cost analysis/control activities for large projects; major projects with significant non-routine requirements; or discipline/project/proposal estimating or staff planning activities. This position will directly report to the Project Controls Manager and will drive the change management program for the project leadership team throughout the project execution. Your responsibilities will include: Provides comments and recommendations for cost engineering requirements relative to staffing and project control. Reviews proposal provisions related to cost engineering and material control and develops supporting data for contract negotiations. Participates in developing and presenting training classes on designated subjects and on-the- job training for specific processes and practices. Conducts personnel performance reviews when delegated. Interviews candidates and makes recommendations for employment decisions. Supervises the timely preparation of cost estimates. Prepares and analyses comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data between the projects. Performs productivity analysis of Construction operations and verifies results. Reviews project work activities to ensure support of project milestones. Coordinates and establishes scoping requirements for the overall cost estimate by discipline or other specialty, and coordinates the timely, systematic, and complete acquisition of scope definition and related data. Other duties as designated. Responsible for cost estimating, analysis, and control activities for projects with significant non-routine requirements or for cost activities which require a high degree of technical skill Analyses to provide innovative solutions to cost engineering challenges. Develops and implements project requirements for cost control in accordance with established Bechtel and client contractual requirements, objectives, and procedures. Ensures work is completed as scheduled, supporting project organizational and administrative activities. Prepares cost studies using historical data, statistical analysis, and cost and quantity comparisons. Reviews identified cost trends for cost effectiveness and suggesting alternatives when appropriate. Maintains open communications with other organizations to support cost engineering analysis and control activities. What You Bring: Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering or equivalent and/or demonstrated, relevant experience in lieu of degree. Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, and cost analysis, in the field and the home office. Statistical knowledge in the areas of sampling distributions, probability, and hypothesis testing. Knowledge in supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel. Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, direct, perform, review, and present cost engineering and cost estimating products. Advanced level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes, as performed by Bechtel. Knowledge of engineering and construction management customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience. Working Rights in Australia without employer sponsorship are required. We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer & commit to respond to every applicant. Why Choose Bechtel? At Bechtel, we know that exceptional people deliver our customers' projects-projects with a purpose that create a lasting positive legacy in the communities where we live and work.Just as we are committed to helping our customers achieve their visions, we are committed to offering the best people in the industry-people like you-with rewarding, challenging, and flexible long-term careers.Outstanding professionals are needed on projects that create jobs and grow economies; improve the resiliency of the world's infrastructure; connect communities to resources and opportunities; get us closer to net zero; tackle critical environmental challenges to protect people and the planet; and accelerate progress to make the world a cleaner, greener, safer place. LI-RH1 Shaping tomorrow together Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we've completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live. www.bechtel.com Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Bechtel employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or show proof of a negative test result prior to accessing Bechtel sites/facilities to the extent required by applicable law or by customer requirements.