Engineer (Cost Control)

Galfar Engineering and Contracting Co.; Muscat; Presencial; OMR 8.000 - 12.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Galfar Engg. & Contracting SAOG in Muscat is seeking a Cost Controller with a Civil Engineering background to oversee project budgets and monitor costs.

The role requires a minimum of 5 years' experience in cost control within a main contracting environment, and involves analyzing cost elements and preparing master budgets for projects. The successful candidate will coordinate with procurement, verify invoices, and provide ongoing cost control recommendations to minimize overruns and improve

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering is required.
• Minimum 5 years as a Cost Controller in a main contracting company.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee and monitor project budgets; compare actual costs with budget.
• Analyze cost elements to ensure accurate monitoring of costs.
• Prepare monthly costing with resource estimation and monitoring.
• Provide cost control and planning advice to the project team.
• Develop monthly financial project reports with variance analysis.

Conhecimentos

Cost control

Budgeting

Variance analysis

Financial reporting

Formação

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Ferramentas

MS Excel

Costing software

Descrição da vaga

Full time | Galfar Engg. & Contracting SAOG | Sultanate of Oman

Posted On 03/11/2026

Job Information

Units Infrastructure

Salary and benefits will be at par with the industry

Minimum Work Experience in Years 5

Qualification Bachelor’s Degree

City Muscat

State/Province Muscat

100

Job Description

• Oversee and monitor the budget of projects, compare the actual cost with the budget and analyze any major deviations from budget.
• Familiar with all individual cost elements of the budget to ensure accurate monitoring of costs.
• Activity based cost analysis and preparation of master budget for the project.
• Prepare monthly costing against the scheduled work with proper resource estimation and its monitoring
• Prepare the resource productivity bench mark for all major activities and resources and monitor against actuals and provide feedback to the management and project team.
• Analyse material cost, Manpower cost, plant cost, fuel cost, sub contract cost etc on a day to day basis and correctly allocate to prime activities it belong to.
• Raise red flags and major risks discovered (based on costs incurred and other financial criteria)
• Analyze costs of sub-contracts involved in the project and compare actual subcontractor costs with budgeted costs.
• Prepare the cash flow forecast under consideration of the expected flow of funds .
• Verify invoices and claims from suppliers and subcontracts to properly capture and record all project expenditures
• Coordinate with procurement to check purchases against budget
• Analyse and provide the cost deviations reports and improvement measures to curb the cost overrun on a regular basis.
• Prepare CTC for the project and update the same quarterly
• Provide cost control and planning advise to the project team as required
• Develop monthly financial project report comparing actual incurred costs against plans with variance analysis for management reviews.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Minimum 5 Years as Cost controller with Main Contracting company mandatory