Commercial Manager

Currie & Brown; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 620,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown in Abu Dhabi is recruiting a Commercial Manager for a mixed-use development project. You will support project leaders, manage a team of cost, contracts and commercial managers, and drive value through effective cost control and reporting.

Responsibilities include delivering accurate cost advice, fostering collaboration with clients, and ensuring timely, high-quality outputs within a live project environment.

Qualifications

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• MRICS chartered status.
• 10–15 years’ experience in global construction consultancy.
• Pre and post-contract experience.
• Experience in Middle East projects.
• Experience advising on contractual matters.
• Experience leading commercial and contracts teams on live projects.
• Strong written and client-facing communication.
• Well-organised, proactive, commercially astute.
• Team player with a flexible, respectful attitude.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate cost advice and reporting to clients.
• Lead and coordinate a team of cost, contracts and commercial managers.
• Analyse project data efficiently.
• Set up and manage workshops to achieve cost savings.
• Deliver high-level strategic proposals as needed.
• Deliver projects, commissions and professional assignments.
• Maintain effective communication for successful project completion; liaise with managers for financial control.
• Undertake commercial management with limited supervision.
• Deliver all outputs accurately and on time.
• Represent the company professionally and maintain client relationships.

Skills

Team leadership

Client-facing communication

Commercial awareness

Cost control

Technical writing

Proactive

Negotiation

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent

MRICS chartered status

Job description

Currie & Brown is looking to recruit a Commercial Manager for a mixed-use development project in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The successful candidate 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.

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to our clients
• Managing, leading and co-ordinating a team of cost, contracts and commercial managers within a live project environment
• Analysing project data efficiently
• Setting up and managing workshops to achieve the required cost savings
• Providing ad-hoc high-level strategic proposals as required
• Delivering projects, commissions and professional assignments
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for successful project completion; liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
• Undertaking commercial management services with limited supervision
• Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
• Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to maintain strong working relationships

Requirements:

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
• a Chartered Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• A minimum of 10-15 years’ technical delivery experience gained within a global construction consultancy
• Pre and post-contract experience
• Experience of working in variety of sectors and projects in the Middle East region
• Experience of providing advice and administering on contractual matters
• Experience of managing and leading commercial and contracts management teams within a live project environment
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills (both internal and external)
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible

At Currie & Brown, we know that when it comes to a good idea, it doesn't matter where it comes from. That's why we take a collaborative, open-door approach to running our business. Our people, from apprentices to senior management, make our company what it is. Everyone in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced, contributes to our success in their own way, and we have fun doing it.

Unlike other companies, we focus on the long term and deliver on our commitments. We take a compassionate and inclusive approach to our work and always invest in the future of our people. Whether it's the desire to work internationally, the urge to develop, or even the curiosity to work in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage, offering guidance, support and the structure to achieve. That's why so many of us have been building successful careers here for so long.

With the backing of our parent company, we are an independent company. Our people are able to make quick and flexible decisions, and work directly with some of the world's best partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.

This mix of our scale and size, our partnerships and our people makes us a true industry leader around the world.