About this job

We are recruiting a Cost Engineer for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESTEC) who will be giving Costs Engineering Support to the Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.

Responsibilities

• Bench-marking and calibrating internal and external cost models
• Accountability records consisting in comparing in a structured manner the external estimates and prices versus the internal estimates
• Provision of Cost Estimate reports according to the ESA standards
• Cost Estimates including schedule and cost risk estimates
• Cost models development. This includes cost, schedule, and risk aspects
• Projects data collection, analysis, normalization and entry into the existing Cost Engineering database
• Preparation of cost estimates in support of ESA projects, based on technical, programmatic and procurement information
• Analyses of industrial contractor estimates and prices
• Participation to Tender Evaluation Boards and associated cost related panels
• Participation in ESA project reviews
• Support to industrial contracts negotiations
• Cost engineering tasks in Concurrent Design Facility studies

Profile

• Master’s Degree in Engineering or relevant
• At least 4 years of relevant work experience
• System engineering skills are a benefit
• Basic economics knowledge
• Knowledge of costs models
• Broad knowledge of current developments in the space industry
• Knowledge of ESA and its programmes and projects is an asset
• Good communication skills
• Reliability, objectivity, thoroughness, and initiative
• Ability to work independently and establish good working relations with relevant actors in ESA and Industry
• Ability to readily assimilate input data and providing timely output
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset

Contact:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU

Please send your CV (in English) as soon as possible, but no later than 14/07/2020 to jobs@sapienzaconsulting.com

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