Strategic Cost Control Lead

Airswift; Doha; On-site; QAR 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a Cost Control Lead to drive cost planning, estimating and control across major EPC projects in Qatar. You will establish cost governance, prepare forecasts, and ensure alignment with budgets and funding while guiding teams on cost performance.

The role requires deep knowledge of cost control processes, SAP and dashboards, with experience in large capital projects and multinational teams. On-site work in Doha is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Commercial, Marketing, Sciences, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Law, Communication, Technologies, Mathematics, and Statistics.

Responsibilities

• Develop efficient cost services and provide expert leadership advice on cost estimating, planning, forecasting, accounting, allocation, reporting and control issues to ensure effective processes are utilised throughout the project life cycle.
• Develop and maintain Project Cost Control procedures, guidelines, workflows, reporting requirement and governance process, ensuring compliance with Company requirements and alignment with project execution needs.
• Develop and maintain Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), cost coding, cost databases, labour-hours information and benchmarking data to support estimating, forecasting, performance analysis, reporting and continuous improvement.
• Review and evaluate project budgets, cost plan, assumptions and forecast data to ensure cost centre owners and project management are fully appraised on cost governance requirements and the project expenditures remains aligned with approved funding and budgets.
• Prepare and coordinate funding submissions, including Advance Commitments (ACs), Full Funding (FF) and Supplementary Funding requests, and recommend budget transfers where required to ensure adequate project funding and alignment of Project Cost at Completion with approved budgets.
• Develop and maintain project cost forecasts and annual Work Program & Budget (WP&B) submissions, taking into consideration approved scope, progress achieved, trends, risks and remaining work.

Skills

Cost estimation

Forecasting

Data analytics

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Commercial, Marketing, Sciences, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Law, Communication, Technologies, Mathematics, and Statistics.

Tools

SAP

Dashboards

Cost management software

Job description

Airswift is seeking a Cost Control Lead to drive cost planning, estimating and control across major EPC projects in Qatar. You will establish cost governance, prepare forecasts, and ensure alignment with budgets and funding while guiding teams on cost performance.

The role requires deep knowledge of cost control processes, SAP and dashboards, with experience in large capital projects and multinational teams. On-site work in Doha is expected.