Senior Cost Manager / Lead Cost Manager

Turner & Townsend; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international consultancy in Dubai is seeking a Senior/Lead Cost Manager to work on diverse real estate projects. The successful candidate will lead cost management from pre-contract to handover, ensuring excellent service delivery to clients. Ideal applicants will have extensive experience in the real estate sector, prior UAE experience, and a degree in Quantity Surveying. This role offers a competitive salary and a professional team environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in similar roles.
• Prior UAE experience is essential.
• Strong consultancy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end service delivery as Commission Manager.
• Manage cost planning and estimating for projects.
• Negotiate final accounts with contractors.

Skills

Real Estate knowledge

Cost management

Client-facing experience

Report writing

Negotiation skills

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or similar

MRICS

Tools

CostX

BIM

Job description

Overview

Our Real Estate team in Dubai is working on a wide range of projects, which could include Residential, Commercial, Healthcare, Hospitality, Leisure and Mixed-Use developments. Projects are primarily new build but could include fit out and refurbishment. This role is client facing, working within a professional and ambitious team, where you will work on your own initiative but receive excellent support.

SCOPE:

Senior / Lead Cost Managers lead commissions of varying types and sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project. Our projects generally are of significant size and value.

Main Purpose of Role

• To perform the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery.
• To provide excellent service delivery to clients, gain their trust and enhance our reputation.
• To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover.

Key Experience Requirements

• Detailed knowledge of and experience in the Real Estate / Property sector working for a professional cost consultancy.
• Experience of pre-contract services from feasibility through to tendering, measurement of building works for estimating, report writing and preparation of Bills of Quantities and tender documentation.
• Experience of different procurement methods, single stage, two stage and design and build preferred.
• Experience of post-contract services, interim applications, change management, variation valuation and extension of time claims.
• Detailed experience of working with standard form contracts, FIDIC preferred, and administration of contract procedures.
• Demonstrable experience in client-facing roles, professional approach and confidence in presenting to clients, other consultants and project stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience in dealing with contractors personnel with confidence and assurance.
• Report writing, Estimate reports, Cost reports, Procurement reports and Tender reports.

Key Accountabilities

• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Production of full Bills of Quantities and tender documentation.
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preparing preambles and preliminaries, tender queries, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents.
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable.
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place.
• Producing pre-contract, post-contract and ad-hoc reports and presenting them to the client.
• Negotiating with contractors and agreeing final accounts.
• Interfacing with the client, contractors and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or similar.
• MRICS
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in similar roles.
• Prior UAE experience is essential.
• Prior consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
• Knowledge of CostX preferred.
• Kowledge of BIM preferred.

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