Offshore Cost Engineer – EPC Budget & Cost Control

HR ProjectPartners BV; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

HR ProjectPartners BV seeks an experienced Cost Engineer to lead cost estimating, budgeting, and cost control for a large offshore energy EPC program in the Rotterdam area. You will drive cost visibility across engineering, procurement and construction, supporting changes and risk assessments throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires a degree in engineering or related field, several years’ EPC/oil & gas experience, and proficiency with SAP, Primavera and Excel-based tools to manage CBS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed cost estimates for engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation activities.
• Set up and maintain cost control systems, budgets and cost breakdown structures (CBS).
• Monitor expenditures against budget, identify variances and report on cost trends and forecasts.
• Prepare regular cost reports (weekly/monthly) for project management and stakeholders.
• Support change management by assessing financial impact of variations and change orders.
• Align cost and schedule performance with planning engineers (earned value management).
• Liaise with procurement and contracts on commitments, PO and vendor cost control.
• Support risk and contingency assessments and flag potential cost overruns early.
• Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement of cost estimating and control processes.

Skills

Cost estimating

Budgeting

Forecasting

Earned value management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Primavera

Excel

Job description

HR ProjectPartners BV seeks an experienced Cost Engineer to lead cost estimating, budgeting, and cost control for a large offshore energy EPC program in the Rotterdam area. You will drive cost visibility across engineering, procurement and construction, supporting changes and risk assessments throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires a degree in engineering or related field, several years’ EPC/oil & gas experience, and proficiency with SAP, Primavera and Excel-based tools to manage CBS