Engineer- Construction - III

Job#: 2079422

Job Description:

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Position: Construction Engineer III

Location: Basking Ridge, NJ

Onsite Requirement: Hybrid

13 Month initial contract, potential to extend up to 30 months

Description:

2 days per week in office.

Our Global Supply Chain team is hiring a passionate and strategic Construction and Maintenance Services Engineer. In this role, you will be part of a team that helps deliver on our clients Construction and Maintenance Services Sourcing strategy. In addition, you will use your economic & analytic skills to prepare and deliver Market Intelligence Reports that strengthen the team's strategic decision making. In this role you will work with a cross-functional team to execute the Construction Services category plan and deliver comprehensive analyses including but not limited to Construction Services pricing, Scope documentation, RFP process support, contracting process transformation, Economic Analysis around Total Cost of Ownership, and Market Intelligence data gathering, synthesis, and reporting. This is an opportunity for an intelligent, decisive, quick, and forward-thinking individual with deep understanding of the construction services industry and an avid grasp of finance and economic principles to make a significant industry impact on a national scale while supporting process improvement and transformation initiatives with our clients regional leaders and their organizations.

In this role, you will support the Wireless network construction & maintenance and conduct in depth assessment of supplier capabilities, scalability and competencies. This role will focus on cost optimization, process improvement, revenue growth and driving the development of future sourcing strategies simultaneously.

The primary project objectives for this role will be to stand up a crane and lift preferred supplier pooling program. As such this individual will need to have experience in working with crane and lift providers, bridging the technical requirements of lifting telecom equipment at construction sites and successfully communicating and establishing roles and responsibilities for managing the scheduling, invoicing and governance of the program with the 18 regional Verizon submarket teams, the ~400 Construction and Maintenance services suppliers, and the ~400 new Crane & Lift preferred pooling partners. Support for transactional sourcing activities will be provided by our clients sourcing teams in Ireland and India, and sponsorship for rolling the program will be provided by centralized leadership teams domestically.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, review & map job packages (construction drawings, sow, purchase orders, change orders, etc.) to relevant costing units to develop pricing models.
• Become familiar with Verizon's construction price units that generally cover Antenna & Line, Power, Fiber Work, Civil, and Right-of-way Construction and corresponding Maintenance and Repair functions.
• Create should cost pricing for construction activities.
• Analyze regional construction labor markets using publicly available data sets such as Bureau of Labor Statistics information.
• Synthesize and present economic and financial data such as inflation, debt burdens for telco carriers, tower owners, and large construction services providers using publicly available information, financial statements, SEC filings, and industry network as sources.
• Analyze RFP bid responses, should cost models and historical costs.
• Create models enabling construction services pricing recommendations and estimate level of effort associated with non-standard out-of-scope construction and maintenance activities.
• Prepare and analyze construction service supplier capability and competency Survey.
• Collaborate with regional Engineering organizations to successfully create and deliver pricing models.
• Make and defend recommendations for price setting during RFPs to regional Engineering management teams and Sourcing management.
• Apply Excel data analytic and modelling skills to handle large datasets, pivot table analysis and V-lookup tools to provide insight into the drivers of cost.

What we're looking for...

• Six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of urgency.
• Engineering or telecommunications experience with the vendor landscape, methods & procedures and costs associated with construction, installation and maintenance of wireless networks.
• Familiarity with construction and maintenance services contracting methodologies inclusive of cost plus, fixed cost, time and material cost drivers.
• Understanding with the construction value chain including site acquisition, engineering, construction & project management, field construction, integration services, and trouble response and restoration.
• Experience of tower construction estimating methods and tools.
• Experience with construction and maintenance industry financial cost structure, and key financial ratios.
• Experience with should cost modelling and other pricing analysis tools.

Even Better if you have:

• Financial acumen and experience in business case development, cost modeling or related experience.
• Knowledge of economic analysis such as Total Cost of Ownership, Discounted Cashflow Investment Analysis, Strategic Options Cost Benefit Analysis.
• Experience in Vendor Management
• Basic Understanding of Process Improvement Techniques such as SWOT Analysis, Six Sigma, DMAIC.
• Experience working with large amounts of data and the ability to synthesize into a coherence picture with a conclusion and recommendation.
• Experience managing relationships with stakeholders with various and often divergent objectives.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a retirement plan (401k or local country equivalent) program. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.

EEO Employer

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.