Cost Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a dedicated Cost Engineer to join our team in Vitrolles, ensuring the Technical and Financial analysis for maintenance contracts between AH and its customers. The successful candidate will play a key role in consolidating the different data sets, synthesizing the financial outcome and monitor cost adherence to projections.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform technical-financial analysis for PbH (Part by the Hour) contracts by : Collecting, formatting and clustering cost data logged on a contract
• Assessing observed component reliability (MTBUR) and comparing it to forecasted one (MTBF, TBO, SLL)
• Identifying technical costs drivers and performing a gap analysis with respect to commercial policy and H/C platform
• Conducting cost to completion analysis based on Customer information (Kardex, flight plan,...), H/C platform improvement plan (PiP, MiP, DMC,...) as well as financial inputs (Component costs, Inflation rates,...)
• Assessing technical / operational / financial risk & opportunities at contract level
• Consolidating contractual financial performance at completion together with Finance and Contract Management analysis inc monthly revenue/gross margin/return results.
• Synthesizing the conclusion as per standardized reporting scheme
• Monitor cost adherence with respect to the projected forecast and analyse deviations
• Follow up on measures decided during reviews.
• Influence commercial policy and pricing based on analysis outcomes
• Contribute to operational planning and forecasting.

Required Skills & Experience

Education / Experience:

• Completed Bachelor's degree, preferably in industrial engineering, economics, or related specialized fields (e.g., extensive experience in various calculation methods/guidelines, international tenders, public procurement).
• Significant experience in cost analysis preferably in Aeronautic environment or several years of professional experience in support and services reliability analysis, finance, data analysis or controlling.

Technical Skills:

• Good general knowledge of helicopters (dynamics, avionics, airframe) and associated maintenance documents.
• Basic knowledge of helicopter architecture and operations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word) / Google Suite (Doc, Sheets, Drive).
• Professional working proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Expert in Excel user (TCD, filtering, data comparison)
• Knowledge of SAP EC2 transaction
• Business Fluent in English, French or German as an asset.

Soft Skills:

• Capacity to give sense to figures, to synthetize and to prioritize, rigorous, methodical, agile.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a multicultural environment, positive mindset, analytical approach, and customer orientation.

Deliverables

• Repair WIP Analysis: Identification of items parts of the repair flow (work in progress) and valorisation of the associated costs using available quotations, shop reports, invoicing or any relevant cost elements evidence.
• Recurring / On demand cost monitoring / analysis:
  • Monitoring of actual costs compared to the projected C@C, periodic revaluation of the repair WIP, identification of the main costs and deviations vs. projection made during the cost driver.
  • Cost drivers analysis: the identification of the main cost drivers (top20)
  • the analysis of costs over the last 2 years including reasons for removals and calculation of removal rates
  • the comparison with the rest of the fleet and Polco,
  • the identification of points of attention
  • the estimation of the repair WIP
  • the projection of future costs and calculation of C@C over the contact timeframe and/or OP period considering scheduled/unscheduled removals

All xBH contracts are eligible. Complex and detailed analysis allowing:

• All these deliverables deserve a preliminary data crunching and data formatting step using SAP extract as a reference (WBS cost extracts)