Senior Cost Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in Dubai is seeking a Senior Cost Manager to lead cost control across projects from post-contract delivery through to close-out. The role requires strong technical capability, commercial understanding, and the ability to drive value and innovation in service delivery.

The successful candidate will manage budgets, prepare cash flow reports, and produce weekly dashboards, while coordinating with project teams on-site and maintaining contract administration excellence.

Qualifications

• Post-contract services experience
• Budget development experience
• Prepare cash flow reports and payment recommendations

Responsibilities

• Provide support to cost and commercial in post-contract services
• Manage and update project budgets
• Take suitable commercial meeting minutes
• Use CostX, Excel and other MS Office programmes at advanced level
• Work post-contract including contract administration
• Conduct site walks with project teams
• Prepare cash flow reports
• Draft monthly payment recommendations and weekly dashboards
• Manage variations and assist in closing out projects and claims

Skills

Cost management

Contract administration

Budgeting

Microsoft Excel

CostX

Post-contract services

Education

BSc Quantity Surveying

MRICS (advantageous)

Tools

CostX

Microsoft Office

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services advisory and technology for our clients We are committed to hiring the best most talented people and empowering them to thrive grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong Whether you ve got deep experience in commercial real estate skilled trades or technology or you re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward

Role Purpose

We are currently looking for a Senior Cost Manager for our projects based in Dubai The successful candidates will be responsible for showing high levels of technical capability sound commercial knowledge and a good understanding of the key drivers or cost and value capturing and sharing knowledge and driving innovation in service

What this job involves

• Provide support to cost and commercial support in the delivery of post-contract services
• Manage and update project budgets
• Take suitable commercial meeting minutes
• Use CostX Excel and other Microsoft Office programmes to an advanced level
• Work post-contract including being strong in contract administration
• Comfortable on site walks with project teams
• prepare cash flow reports
• draft monthly payment recommendations and weekly commercial dashboards
• managing variations and assist in closing out projects and claims

Location

On-site Dubai ARE

Job Tags

• Affordable Housing Real Estate Management
• Base Build Retrofit Project Delivery
• Budget Development
• Building Condition Survey Project Delivery
• Build to Rent Real Estate Management
• Consulting Industry Knowledge
• Data Center Real Estate Management
• Data Centre Industry Knowledge
• Education amp Training Industry Knowledge
• Marketing
• Overseeing Projects
• Project Cost Tracking

At JLL we harness the power of artificial intelligence A I to efficiently accelerate meaningful connections between candidates and opportunities Using AI capabilities we analyze your application for relevant skills experiences and qualifications to generate valuable insights about how your unique profile aligns with the specific requirements of the role you re pursuing

JLL Privacy Notice

Jones Lang LaSalle JLL together with its subsidiaries and affiliates is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services We take our responsibility to protect the personal information provided to us seriously Generally the personal information we collect from you are for the purposes of processing in connection with JLL s recruitment process We endeavour to keep your personal information secure with appropriate level of security and keep for as long as we need it for legitimate business or legal reasons We will then delete it safely and securely For more information about how JLL processes your personal data please view our Candidate Privacy Statement For additional details please see our career site pages for each country Jones Lang LaSalle JLL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process including the online application and or overall selection process you may email us at HRSCLEMAIL ADDRESS This email is only to request an accommodation Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page

10+ years of relevant working experience Previous experience working in the Middle East Degree in related subject (BSc Quantity Surveying) MRICS would be advantageous but not essential. Experience pre and post contract in project / programme delivery teams.