Cost Control Engineer

Amana Steel Building Contracting LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 111,600 - 167,400; Full time

Job summary

Amana Steel Building Contracting LLC is seeking a knowledgeable professional for project cost control in Dubai. Responsibilities include developing and reviewing job budgets, preparing necessary reports, and conducting site visits for accurate progress updates.

The ideal candidate must possess skills in project cost control fundamentals and contractual awareness, along with familiarity with tools like Power BI and Primavera P6. Strong business communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in project cost control and budget management is preferred.
• Familiarity with Primavera P6 or similar project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review the job budget.
• Prepare and issue the project's cost report.
• Validate causes of budget overruns on site.
• Prepare and review project variation order claims.
• Perform quantity take-offs accurately.
• Conduct site visits for progress reporting.

Skills

Power BI Basics

Project Cost Control Fundamentals

Contractual Awareness-Basics

Contractual Awareness-Advanced

Primavera P6

Business communication

Job description

Responsibilities

• Assists in developing, preparing, and reviewing the job budget
• Assists in preparing and issuing the project's cost report
• Assists in the preparation of subcontractor's progress reports and payment certificates
• Assists in investigating and validating the source and causes of over-budget overruns on site
• Assists in preparing and checking project variation order claims and supporting documents
• Performs quantity take-offs based on contract's method of measurement with high speed and accuracy
• Performs site visits to prepare and update the progress report
• Provides feedback and updates of data required for preparation of project reports
• Verifies Purchase Requisition (PR) by checking the quantities against budgeted quantities to ensure they are within budget and that ordered items comply with contract specifications
• Performs and assists in quantity take-offs based on contract methods of measurement with high speed and accuracy
• Performs and prepares comparison between job budget and job estimate based on contract documents and highlights items not within job budget to Cost Control Manager
• Prepares and reviews project's cost report with Cost Control Manager and verifies with Project Manager highlighting accrual cost, forecasted cost, contingencies, and overruns
• Prepares and studies cost comparisons, value engineering, feasibility as requested by Business Unit management
• Verifies Purchase Requisition (PR) and Purchase Order (PO) by checking quantities and rates against job budget to ensure they are within budget and comply with contract specifications

Required Knowledge & Skills

• Power BI Basics (Inhouse)
• Project Cost Control Fundamentals (Inhouse)
• Contractual Awareness-Basics (Inhouse)
• Contractual Awareness-Advanced CCP/EVP/CMP/CCC (any of them)
• Primavera P6 / EPPM Cost-loading – Basics
• Business communication/negotiation