Senior Cost Manager

Currie & Brown Holdings; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Cost Manager to lead pre- and post-contract cost management across diverse projects in the emirate. You will provide accurate cost advice, deliver projects on time, and maintain strong client relationships while coordinating with the project team to ensure financial control.

Ideal candidates will hold a BSc in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent) and MRICS, with experience on hospitality, leisure, residential, retail and infrastructure developments,

Qualifications

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• MRICS membership preferred.
• Experience on large developments in hospitality, leisure, residential, retail or infrastructure.
• Strong written, client-facing and communication skills.
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive and commercially astute.
• Team player with a can-do attitude and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate cost advice and reporting to clients.
• Deliver projects, commissions and professional assignments.
• Lead objectives and priorities, working as a proactive team member.
• Maintain communication for successful project completion and financial control.
• Undertake cost management services with limited supervision.
• Deliver outputs accurately and on time.
• Support team leaders in cost management of projects.
• Represent the company professionally and build client relationships.

Skills

Client-facing skills

Communication

Team player

Proactive

Commercial awareness

Organisation

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent

MRICS

Job description

Currie & Brown is looking for a Senior Cost Manager to join our team in Abu Dhabi. As a Senior Cost Manager you'll work on pre and post contract cost management services across a portfolio of exciting projects across Abu Dhabi.

What will you be doing?

• Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to our clients
• Delivering projects, commissions and professional assignments
• Assuming a leading role in setting objectives and priorities, working as a proactive team player
• 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 with limited supervision
• 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; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships

What do you need?

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
• Experience in a variety of large developments such as hospitality, leisure, residential, retail, and infrastructure
• Good technical writing, client-facing, and communication skills
• Well-organized, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined, and commercially astute
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful, and flexible

About Us

Currie & Brownprioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.

With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.