Associate ( Cost Management )

Currie & Brown; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consultancy firm is looking for an Associate (Cost Management - pre contracts) to join their Dubai team. This position involves providing accurate cost advice, managing projects, and fostering client relationships. Candidates should have a BSc in quantity surveying, MRICS membership, and relevant experience in large developments and within a consultancy. The firm values equality, diversity, and offers comprehensive benefits tailored for employees, promoting both personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits packages

Clear progression routes

Opportunities for international mobility

Qualifications

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent required.
• Membership of MRICS is essential.
• Previous pre contract experience in global consultancy required.
• Experience in large developments like hospitality or retail.
• Middle East experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate cost advice and reporting to clients.
• Deliver projects and professional assignments.
• Assume a leading role in setting objectives and priorities.
• Maintain effective communication for project success.
• Undertake cost management services with limited supervision.

Skills

Cost advice and reporting

Communication skills

Technical writing

Project management

Client-facing abilities

Education

BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent

Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Job description

About The Role

Currie & Brown are looking for an Associate (Cost Management - pre contracts) to join our growing team in Dubai, working on exciting projects in the region. This role will require being based full time in Dubai, working in either our head office or the client office.

As an Associate, you will support project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider.

You will be :

• Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to our clients
• Delivering projects, commissions and professional assignments
• Assuming a leading role in setting objectives and priorities, working as a proactive team player
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects; liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
• Undertaking cost management services with limited supervision
• Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
• Providing support to the team leader / service leaders in the cost management of projects
• Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships.

What do you need? :

• BSc in quantity surveying or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
• Previous pre contract experience gained within a global consultancy firm is essential
• Dubai based
• Experience on a variety of large developments such as hospitality, leisure, residential, retail and infrastructure
• Middle East experience essential
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills
• Well‑organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well‑disciplined and commercially astute

About Us

Currie & Brownprioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.

With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.