Cost Engineer

Leo A Daly & Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading architectural firm in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Cost Engineer to ensure contractor compliance and oversee cost engineering functions. The successful candidate will prepare cost reports, identify savings opportunities, and manage contractual provisions. Ideal applicants will hold a Bachelor's degree in engineering, with extensive experience in cost analysis and contract administration. Join us to transform the built environment in a collaborative design culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in monitoring and reviewing cost engineering functions.
• Proficiency with PC operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure contractor compliance with bonding and insurance obligations.
• Prepare monthly cost reports including cash flow forecasts.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings.
• Administer contract provisions including all post-contract QS duties.

Skills

Cost engineering

Contract administration

Cost analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction management

Tools

Basic software applications proficiency

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.

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 contractors' 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

• Bachelor's 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 or by email.