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Cost Manager - Consultancy

United Arab Emirates  |  Permanent

Our Multi National Project & Commercial Management Consultancy client has a new requirement for a Cost Manager to join their team in Abu Dhabi, UAE to work on Hospitality & Retail build, fit out and refurbishment projects. Successful candidates will have strong Pre Contract Cost Management experience and must have worked with a recognised consultancy company. Candidates must have very strong Cost planning & Cost Reporting experience


This role is available for immediate joining and is a direct hire, permanent opportunity employed with our client.


Key Responsibilities:

  • To act as the key point of contact for the day to day successful delivery of cost management services across one or multiple projects.
  • Taking responsibility for end to end service delivery.
  • To provide excellent service delivery to clients, gain their trust and enhance the clients reputation.
  • To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover.
  • Pre-contract services from feasibility through to tendering, measurement of building works for estimating, report writing and preparation of Bills of Quantities and tender documentation.
  • Experience of different procurement methods, single stage, two stage and design and build preferred.
  • Detailed experience of working with standard form contracts, FIDIC preferred, and administration of contract procedures.
  • Detailed knowledge of high level benchmarks for various asset typologies, building elements and extensive knowledge of the latest market rates.
  • Expertise in client-facing roles, professional approach and confidence in presenting to clients, other consultants and project stakeholders.
  • Demonstrable experience of successfully working within a team and in taking on training and mentorship of junior team members.
  • Demonstrable experience in dealing with contractors personnel with confidence and assurance.
  • Providing clear, correctly formatted and articulated report writing, cost plans, cost estimate reports, cost reports, procurement reports and tender reports.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  • Interfacing and effective communication with the client, contractors and other consultants, at all project stages.
  • Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the following accountabilities.
  • Ensuring high quality accurate estimates and cost plans are submitted in a timely manner
  • Cost plans / estimates are clearly and effectively articulated to clients.
  • Understanding of key cost drivers and abnormalities for projects and have the ability to identify best value opportunities / solutions for the client.
  • Producing pre-contract, post-contract and ad-hoc reports and presenting them to the client.
  • Overseeing the production of full Bills of Quantities in line with the relevant standard methods of measurements
  • Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preparing preambles and preliminaries, tender queries, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents.
  • Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable.
  • Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place.
  • Negotiating with contractors and agreeing final accounts.
  • Ensuring service excellence across all aspects of the commission.
  • Understanding the clients needs and build the relationship


Cost Manager Experience:

  • BSC in Quantity Surveying from a recognised institution preferred
  • Preferably MRICS.
  • Minimum 7 years experience in similar roles.
  • Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
  • Understanding of construction contracts and the ability, when required, to provide contractual advice to clients.
  • Proven track record of delivering service excellence to multiple clients.
  • Ability to drive the commercial agenda for the project, chair commercial meetings and clearly articulate themselves be it written or orally.
  • Knowledge of CostX preferred.
  • Knowledge of BIM preferred


Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and shortlisting.


Date Posted: 29 Jun 2023

Status: Filled