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Cost Manager Engineer

Location:
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Posted:
January 22, 2023

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BRIAN LEE

*** ******* ***** **, *** ***, Newtown Square, 19073 +1-713-***-**** aduuy9@r.postjobfree.com

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Over 15 years of Project Controls experience specializing in Cost and Contracts Management. Extensive Cost Management experience in mega projects both at site and in home office in areas of project estimates, analysis of budget and scope, project costs reporting for internal and client, management of change, forecasting, risk management and establishing and streamlining control procedures.

Supervisory and leadership role in managing reimbursable and lump sum cost for mega projects and directing Project Controls team through complex and challenging multi billion dollar, multi currency and multi faceted mega projects. Willing to relocate internationally.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

COST MANAGER FREEPORT MCMORAN APRIL 2019 - PRESENT

·Manage all costs for Manyar Smelter Project in Indonesia. (est. $3.5bil)

·Oversee Prime Contractor during FEED and EPC phases while based in Yokohama, Japan.

PORTFOLIO COST LEAD KBR JAN 2017 – MARCH 2019

·Manage all costs for multiple portfolios for various clients based in Newark, DE. (est. $400mil)

·Develop standard metrics for cost control and progress measurement as well as streamlining reporting.

COST CONTROL LEAD KBR JUL 2015 – DEC 2016

·Manage all costs for multiple revamp effort projects for FHR based in Corpus Christi, Tx. (est. $350mil)

·Lead a cost team of 6 Cost Specialists including Change Management and Risk Analysis.

COST CONTROL LEAD KBR AUG 2011 – JUN 2015

·Manage all costs for Chevron LNG mega project based in Perth, Australia. (est. $50bil)

·Lead cost specialist overseeing all major capital expenditures, coordinating a team of 12 cost engineers.

COST CONTROL LEAD KBR JAN 2006 – JUL 2011

·Manage all costs for Chevron GTL mega project based in Escravos, Nigeria. (est. $6bil)

·Senior cost specialist forecasting all major capital expenditures with a team of 6 cost engineers.

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE 2005 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

·Major: Industrial Engineering

·Minor: Management Information Systems (MIS)

·Minor: Mechanical Engineering

OTHER CERTIFICATIONS AND LANGUAGES

SAP, COST SYSTEMS, ECOSYS, PRIMAVERA (P6), PROGRESS MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS

ENGLISH, BAHASA INDONESIA, MANDARIN, CANTONESE AND CONVERSATIONAL JAPANESE

BRIAN LEE

500 Charles Ellis Dr, Apt 125, Newtown Square, 19073 +1-713-***-**** aduuy9@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

APR 2019 – PRESENT

COST MANAGER – PT FREEPORT INDONESIA (YOKOHAMA, JAPAN / PHOENIX, AZ)

Develop baseline budgets and cost reporting procedures for PTFI internal cost reporting.

Consolidating cost reports from Chiyoda Engineering (Contractor) and performing productivity analysis.

Cash flow forecasting for owners cost and entire project life cycle (Est. USD $3bil).

Forecasting and preparing Authorized for Expenditure (AFE) and variance analysis against planned expenditure.

Managing and quantifying risk within project. Responsible for stochastic forecast of imminent risk to project.

Management of change within project by determining if scope of work was included within scope of approved AFE.

Implementing and administrating the Project Cost Management System (Ecosys) and Project Change Notice (PCN) databases for all project costs.

Calculation of Value of Work Done and accruals (based on % complete and amount invoiced).

Manage team of Cost Controls leads from home office (Phoenix) as well as Canada, and Indonesia.

Responsible for every area of cost engineering within PTFI Smelter project – including Change Management, Forecasting, and Revenue Recognition, FCPA and internal auditing.

JAN 2017 – MAR 2019

PORTFOLIO COST LEAD – KBR (NEWARK, DE)

Responsible for all cost reporting, estimates, workhour measurement and productivity for Chemours Portfolio (est. $400 Mil.)

Develop baseline budgets and cost reporting procedures and reports for KBR internal reporting as well as Client requirements.

Develop Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI) track progress and measure productivity.

Establish and streamline processes to capture changes within the project impacting Cost, Schedule and Quantities.

Administrator of Project Cost Management System (PCMS) and Project Deviation Notice (PDN) databases for all project costs.

Responsible for all areas of cost – Change Management, Forecasting, and Revenue Recognition, SOX and internal auditing.

Extensive use of SAP for SOX compliance and cost reconciliation.

Manage team of Project Control Specialists from local office as well as Mexico.

JUN 2015 – DEC 2016

COST CONTROL LEAD – KBR (CORPUS CHRISTI, TX)

Manage 6 cost engineers and Change Management team, as well as all aspects of cost within FHR project (est. > $350 Mil.)

Manage all personnel requirements and issues for Cost Team.

Develop baseline budgets and cost reporting procedures and reports for KBR internal reporting as well as Client requirements.

Establish and streamline processes for managing changes within the project impacting Cost, Schedule and Quantities.

Build translation tables for interfaces between various software packages within company and client organization.

Extensive use of SAP for SOX compliance and cost reconciliation.

Develop multiple scenarios using productivity factors (PF) analysis, to produce in depth risk analysis and robust cost forecast.

BRIAN LEE

500 Charles Ellis Dr, Apt 125, Newtown Square, 19073 +1-713-***-**** aduuy9@r.postjobfree.com

AUG 2011 – JUN 2015

COST CONTROL LEAD – KBR JV (PERTH, AUSTRALIA)

Managing Oversight reporting of entire Gorgon KJVG Project (est. > $50 Bil.)

Reporting VOWD, Commitments, and actuals for all project areas – ensuring that they are reported accurately.

Establish and streamline processes for capturing actuals, and aligning them with various books of records for audit teams.

Responsible for project cash flow expenditure, involving multiple currencies.

Forecasting and analyzing man-hour staffing plan, manpower budgets as well as all related non labor costs.

Forecasting Management of Change (MOC process), record scope changes, project deviations and other knock on effects.

Administrator and management of Project Cost Management System database for all project costs.

Forecasting and determining scopes for Commissioning activities, Commissioning materials and Commissioning Manpower.

JUN 2007 – JUL 2011

COST CONTROL LEAD – KBR SOUTHERN GAS (ESCRAVOS, NIGERIA)

Lead effort to re-estimate for complete EPC of multi-billion dollar GTL plant in Escravos, Nigeria (est. > $6 Bil.)

Forecast and analyze project schedule to identify all schedule impacts to project costs.

Estimate new scopes of work and evaluate Subcontractor bids/tenders against “Fair Market Value” analysis.

Responsible for all cost related forecasts, VOWD, budgets, trending, subcontract management and personnel related issues.

Lead Cost Engineer in charge of Cost Reporting team consisting of more than 7 Cost Engineers.

Managing all personnel issues as well as coordinating work scopes and responsibilities and deliverables of entire team.

Critical role in Project Risk Management, identifying probability of occurrences and quantifying all major project risks and their relevant cost and schedule impacts.

Identify and propose key cost mitigation strategies.

Interfacing with all area teams, subcontractors and risk teams for dashboards, monthly reports, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and other reports as needed by management.

Interface with functional teams and managers to implement cost saving strategies.

JAN 2006 – JUN 2007

COST CONTROL – KBR HOME OFFICE (HOUSTON, TX)

Build forecast against given Project Schedule to determine impact of schedule extension to current budgets and forecasts.

Verify integrity of original Project Estimate and identify variance in pricing, scope and schedule that will impact project costs.

Establish robust and accurate processes, procedures and templates to track all project cost deviations.

Establish procedures and criterion for Nigerian Local Content cost reporting.



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