Job Title: Head of Cost Estimating
Location: Doha, Qatar (Onshore Major Projects)
Contract Type: Fixed-Term Contract (36 Months)
Schedule: 12 weeks on / 2 weeks off rotation, 6 days per week, 8–10 hours per day
Position Summary
- Lead cost estimating, forecasting, reporting, and cost stewardship across major LNG onshore projects
- Provide expert guidance on cost control, budgeting, and financial planning across the project lifecycle
- Ensure accurate cost performance tracking and maintain estimate confidence for stakeholders
- Support project leadership with cost insights, benchmarking, and financial decision-making
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert advice on cost estimating, forecasting, allocation, planning, and cost control
- Lead financial input into funding submissions, including ACs, Full Funding, and budget adjustments
- Develop and maintain benchmarking databases for cost, productivity, and manhour analysis
- Estimate and challenge contractor change orders and claims
- Prepare cost forecasts and annual Work Program and Budget (WP&B)
- Conduct cost risk analysis and establish contingency and accuracy ranges
- Monitor contractor cost performance against control plans and recommend corrective actions
- Review and endorse VOWD reporting, trend analysis, and earned value management outputs
- Identify and escalate cost risks and advise on mitigation strategies
- Ensure project commitments align with approved budgets and governance requirements
- Support EPC tender evaluation, including technical bid evaluation input and reporting
- Develop cost reporting tools and ensure accuracy, integrity, and consistency of financial data
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Accounting, Mathematics, or related discipline
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience
- At least 6 years in oil & gas industry
- Minimum 2 years in a supervisory or lead/acting role
- Strong expertise in cost estimating within major projects
- Experience in EPC environments and large-scale project organisations
- Strong knowledge of cost control, estimating, risk, change and contract management
- Experience with SAP, analytics tools, dashboards, and reporting systems
- Strong analytical, commercial, and stakeholder management skills
Additional Information
- 36-month fixed-term contract
- 12 weeks on / 2 weeks off rotation
- 6 days per week, 8–10 hours per day
- Major onshore LNG project environment in Doha, Qatar