Construction Estimator & Construction Manager

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What’s Possible III. NATURE AND SCOPE

The incumbent is expected to be expert on construction cost, be able to provide accurate and on time support related with construction cost for any project execution in Korea.

He or She must have English skill in writing and P/C (MS power point, MS word, MS excel) skill as well as the use of electronic mail and the Internet. Good English speaking is required to communicate and make presentations with Asia Construction and Estimation team about construction estimation results.

He or She is able to work extended hours if needed, including weekends and some holidays. The extended hours should be approved by the Korea construction manager before implementing and the total extended hours are not able to exceed 52hrs within a week according to local laws.

In case this position should work on the weekends and holidays, he or she can have alternative leaves.

IV. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

This position is accountable for the following:

• Overall accountability to deliver accurate and competitive construction cost estimation, and responsibility of managing construction changes and re-measurement.
• Preparing detailed take-off construction estimates, using the appropriate Construction Estimating method and/or Computer System.
• Work closely with the Project Development Engineer(PDE), Construction Engineering, Procurement and Project Engineering in developing construction scope, costs and risks.
• Support construction contractor selection, including but not limited to develop standard BOQ, review bidder's BOQ and unit price with Korea market prices, provide justifications and recommendations.
• Work closely with team to review and negotiate contractor’s quantities and prices for construction changes.
• Work closely with team to develop re-measurement strategy for all unit rate construction contracts, and act accordingly.
• Review the construction estimating activities and results completed by outside engineering firms for all phases of a project, from initial bids to contract addendums.
• Ensure that the construction cost estimates used for funding requests are of sufficient accuracy to support our project execution budget performance targets.
• Understand and communicate construction environment issues that impact on our projects and overall business.
• Coordinate the various contractors at site. Monitor and ensure construction contractor's compliance to Air Products Safety Standards, Construction Standards and Procedures.
• Monitor the work of each contractor and make sure the quality of workmanship and materials meet Contract requirements. The project-based contract construction supervisor is not to act as designers and change specifications or drawings without prior approvals from the design group. Manage the design queries.
• Review and agree to the schedules and manning levels with the contractors and review update progress during the weekly meetings. Review the work progress on daily basis and prepare internal and external reports pertaining to job status and submit daily records, weekly reports and all necessary reports as required. Responsibilities include assessing and forecasting workload and skills demands on a site basis to secure schedule.
• Ensure that the contractors make the arrangements for receipt, inventory, storage, and safe handling of materials and equipment purchased by Air Products that are delivered directly to the job site.
• Report to Korea construction team manager any problems such as labor shortages, strikes, equipment delivery slippages, availability of contract documents and drawings, etc., which threaten to adversely affect job cost, schedule, quality, or safety. In addition, customer complaints related to Air Products scope shall be reported in writing immediately.
• Report to Korea construction team manager any potential safety hazards and unsafe conditions before construction starts on a project. This "report" must include the plan of action to promote safety awareness and eliminate unsafe conditions.

V. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor degree or above, majored in budget/estimation and construction engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years working experience in total, 5+ years in construction estimation for industrial gas plant construction projects, chemical or petrochemical projects
• Very familiar with construction market prices and keep monitoring them regularly and updating the latest unit prices and clarify their competitiveness of each unit price.
• Ability to multi-tasks, managing several activities at any time.
• Knowledge of project execution & site management
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Willingness to travel and be based in remote location in Korea and/or other countries

Advantages:

• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Knowledge and experience of industrial gas projects, especially coal gasification /purification projects.
• Experience in construction management and/or construction estimation in international engineering company or high ranked local EPC.
• Knowledge and experience on construction subcontract management.
• Knowledge and experience on various construction types of contracts.
• Has certificates, licenses or experience related to the construction or estimation.

Construction related certificates such as “Engineer Construction Safety” (Korea National Technical Qualification), “Engineer Industrial Safety(Korea National Technical Qualification)” to be assigned to the required project site, Engineer Gas(Korea National Technical Qualification), Engineer Electricity, Korea National Technical Qualification)

Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.