Staff Construction Category Analyst

About our Team:

We are a global, cross-functional team spanning Procurement, Facilities/Construction, Facilities & Process Engineering, Project Controls/Contracts, Finance, Operations, and Business Analytics. Our mission is to improve capex predictability, strengthen commercial rigor, and drive measurable cost performance across semiconductor fab construction, cleanroom, chemical building, and process-utility infrastructure. We enable fact-based decisions through sophisticated analytics, supplier intelligence, and standardized commercial practices.

Position Overview:

The Senior Construction Category Analyst leads global construction cost analytics, should-cost/clean-sheet modeling, risk modeling, forecasting, and full lifecycle change-order management for large-scale semiconductor capital programs. This role conducts competitive bid analysis, evaluates supplier proposals, and develops data-driven sourcing recommendations to improve capex predictability and deliver hard savings and cost avoidance. The position partners closely with cross-functional collaborators to standardize tools, processes, and reporting that improve commercial consistency.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Category & Commercial Analytics

  • Lead end-to-end bid analytics (RFP analysis, bid tabulation, scope normalization, bid leveling) for global construction and semiconductor infrastructure packages.

  • Support sourcing across Cost Plus, GMP, Lump Sum, Unit-Rate/SOV, and T&M models, including evaluation of fees/markups, blocking issue, contingency, LD/bonus mechanisms, bonding/insurance, payment terms, and schedule impacts.

  • Drive change-order commercial evaluations (rate validation, markup verification, price reasonableness) and manage full lifecycle change-order governance (tracking, forecasting exposure, schedule/cost impact analysis, contract compliance).

• Cost Modeling, Benchmarking & Risk

  • Develop and maintain should-cost and clean-sheet models for fab, cleanroom, chemical building, and process-utility scopes (labor, materials, equipment, indirects, overhead/fee, contingency, blocking issue).

  • Build/update benchmarking baselines to compare cost competitiveness across regions and project types.

  • Apply sophisticated risk methodologies (sensitivity, probabilistic, scenario/Monte Carlo) and create forecasting models for cost overruns/underruns incorporating trends, change-exposure, market conditions, productivity, and supplier performance.

• Cost Analytics, Reporting & Insights

  • Analyze cost drivers and variances; identify risks, opportunities, and market trends for mega-capital programs.

  • Develop reports, dashboards, risk heatmap, and scenario analyses using Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Snowflake, Python (or similar).

  • Provide quantitative insights to strengthen budget alignment, capex predictability, and strategic sourcing recommendations.

• Performance Tracking, Data Integrity & Governance

  • Track cost performance against budgets, risk allowances, and commercial assumptions across workstreams and projects.

  • Maintain accuracy and integrity of cost, benchmarking, bid, change-order, and supplier datasets for reporting and analytics.

  • Standardize tools, templates, processes, and reporting systems to improve predictability and commercial consistency.

• Executive Communication & Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Prepare and present executive-ready summaries of analytical findings, sourcing recommendations, risk insights, change-order exposure, and cost-reduction opportunities.

  • Partner with Procurement, Engineering, Construction, Finance, Operations, and Project Controls to drive continuous improvement and negotiation readiness using should-cost models and supplier intelligence.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Construction Management, Civil/Mechanical Engineering, or related field.

• 10+ years in cost management/controls, cost modeling, sophisticated analytics, and commercial bid analytics within global construction capital projects (e.g., cleanroom, hospital, pharma, or high-tech manufacturing).

• Demonstrated experience in bid evaluation (bid tabs, scope normalization, bid leveling) and delivery models (Cost Plus, GMP, Lump Sum, Unit-Rate/SOV, T&M).

• Proven change-order management experience, including rate validation, markup verification, exposure forecasting, and schedule/cost impact assessments.

• Hands-on proficiency with analytics tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, SQL, Snowflake, Python) and ERP/project systems (e.g., SAP, Ariba, Procore).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced risk modeling experience (e.g., probabilistic/Monte Carlo, scenario modeling) applied to capex and construction risk evaluation.

• Demonstrated success delivering hard savings and cost avoidance using should-cost/clean-sheet methodologies in semiconductor or controlled-environment facilities.

• Experience building global/regional benchmarking baselines and market intelligence for supplier competitiveness and sourcing strategy.

• Proven ability to standardize commercial tools, templates, and reporting frameworks to improve cost governance across large portfolios.

• Strong track record supporting competitive negotiations with fact-based analytics, supplier intelligence, and total cost modeling.