Cost Engineer

LEO A DALY; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

LEO A DALY, un leader en conception, recherche un responsable de la gestion des coûts pour assurer la conformité contractuelle et aider à optimiser les coûts tout en soutenant une culture de design collaborative. Ce rôle clé implique des interactions avec les clients et la supervision des déboursées de construction.

Qualifications

• Baccalauréat en ingénierie, gestion de la construction ou domaine connexe.
• Expérience en estimation et contrôle des coûts.

Responsibilities

• Préparer des rapports de coûts mensuels et évaluer les demandes de paiement.
• Adviser sur les questions contractuelles et de politique.
• Maintenir et mettre à jour le registre des ordres de variation.

Skills

Cost estimating

Cost control

Cost analysis

Education

Bachelors degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field

Tools

Proficiency with PC operating systems and basic software applications

Job description

Overview

LEO A DALY is a leader in the design of the built environment dedicated to transforming the human experience through the power of design. For more than 100 years, we’ve created places that inspire wonder, connect communities and enable great things. Our creative teams combine planning, architecture, engineering, interiors and program management to deliver truly integrated design.

We are a diverse collection of inventive problem solvers united by a passion for great design.

We own the impact of our work, socially, economically and environmentally. In collaboration with our clients and each other, we create innovative, thoughtful and sustainable solutions to the urgent challenges that face our world.

Click WHO WE ARE to learn more about us!

Responsibilities

• Ensure the contractor complies with all bonding and insurance obligations under the contract.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, including:
  • Executive summaries
  • Work progress valuation
  • Approved and potential variations
  • Provisional Sums / Prime Cost expenditure
  • Cash flow forecasts and expected monthly payments
  • Claim status and likely cost impacts
• Identify opportunities for cost savings and highlight cost increase risks.
• Maintain active involvement in the Change Control Procedure, advising on cost impacts.
• Maintain and update a Variation Order register, including approval status and estimated/agreed costs.
• Attend site progress and client meetings, providing clear explanations and cost clarifications.
• Review and validate contractor’s interim payment applications.
• Evaluate and recommend variations and change orders for approval.
• Advise the client continuously on contractual, cost, programming, and policy matters.
• Monitor actual vs. planned progress and assess related financial impacts.
• Perform quantity take-offs and validate as-built quantities from site measurements.
• Review and provide cost input for defect rectifications.
• Identify and report potential claims and ensure timely client notifications.
• Review, assess, and recommend claims including EOT and cost-related submissions.
• Assist the client in dispute resolution and amicable settlement of issues with contractors.
• Administer contract provisions (typically FIDIC based), including all post-contract QS duties.
• Support in finalizing variations, EOT claims, and facilitate close-out and final payments

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field
• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing cost engineering functions, which include cost estimating, cost control, and cost analysis, in the field and the home office
• Proficiency with PC operating systems, with proficiency in several basic software applications

Why Join LEO A DALY?

At LEO A DALY, you will become part of a collaborative design culture and do work that matters. As an integrated design practice, we believe that a diversity of perspectives generates better solutions. We trust and support each other, ask hard questions and solve complex problems. Guided by a spirit of inquiry, we design for people at every scale, creating spaces that elevate individuals, their communities, and the institutions that serve them. Join LEO A DALY - help us transform the world.

EEO Information

LEO A DALY LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. LEO A DALY LLC, is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the Human Resources Department by phone at 402-391-8111 or by email at [e-mail] . For more information about your rights under the law, see Know Your Rights.