Cost Engineer
7 months ago
Due to continued growth, we are looking for a Cost Engineer (Network Transformation & Investment) reporting to our Investment Strategy Lead. This role will assist in the development and maintenance of our cost estimation database, to provide costing estimates across Orion’s projects and programmes. You will build a close working relationship with our Cost Engineer (Network Programming) ensuring the consistent development of platforms.
If you love to develop cost building blocks and design frameworks that provides a consistency across cost methodologies, you’ll want to know more.
**About us**:
Passionate, curious, and innovative are a few words that describe our people. We are powering the future, connecting communities, and igniting innovation. Orion owns and operates the electricity distribution network that provides power to central Canterbury. As the third largest electricity distribution network in New Zealand, we cover remote rural areas, regional towns, and the city of Christchurch.
We are an essential service and take our responsibilities seriously. We are community owned and working here means a career with meaning and purpose that makes a difference in your very own neighbourhood.
**The role**:
- Analyse works price breakdown structures capturing costs for accounting and future forecasting
- Preserving and improving our project elimination database or a future system equivalent; this ensures cost building blocks are available and on-going CPI and inflation adjustments are accounted for
- Develop and review estimates for projects and programmes (alongside our Network Development and Asset Management & Performance team)
- Develop high level estimates for new complex connections
**About you**:
- Graduate diploma Level 7 or bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying or construction economics or the equivalent knowledge gained in a similar role
- Electricity industry experience with an understanding of the NZ Regulatory environment
- Strong understanding of contracts and reporting skills with commercial acumen and an analytical approach
- Depth of knowledge with Microsoft Excel, Power BI and other data analysis tools
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
**We offer**:
You’ll find at Orion, you can come as you are and just be you. You will be joining a workplace that values who you are, the work you do, and the way you think. Importantly, we offer:
- Flexible working arrangements, and flexible locations with our Head office in Burnside and satellite offices in Rolleston and Ferrymead.
- Three days of “My Days” leave, additional leave after five years, and supportive parental leave provisions.
- A broad range of workplace benefits from a wellbeing allowance to access to our holiday house in Hanmer You might be surprised to find out that the company that brings the power to your home is innovative, inclusive, progressive, and quite good fun.
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