Cost Manager (Pre-contract)

Currie & Brown; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown in Dubai is seeking a Cost Manager (Pre-contract) to support project leaders and deliver high standards of service across engagements. You will capture knowledge across projects and help reinforce Currie & Brown's reputation as a leading global consultancy.

Key requirements include a BSc in Quantity Surveying, procurement experience, and ideally MRICS. Middle East experience and strong client-facing skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• MRICS membership preferred but not essential.
• Procurement experience is essential for the role.
• Previous technical delivery experience in a global consultancy firm.
• Previous Middle East experience.
• To be comfortable working in a client facing role.

Responsibilities

• Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to our clients.
• Delivering projects, commissions and professional assignments.
• 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 as part of a team.
• 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; building great client relationships.

Skills

Client facing

Cost management

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying

MRICS (preferred)

Job description

Currie & Brown are looking for a Cost Manager (Pre-contract) to join our growing team in Dubai.

As a Cost Manager 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
• 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 as part of a team
• 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; building great client relationships

What do you need:

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
• Previous procurement experience is essential for the role
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) - preferred but not essential
• Previous technical delivery experience gained within a global consultancy firm
• Previous Middle East experience
• To be comfortable working in a client facing role
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute

Our corporate values

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 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.