ENGINEER, PROJECT CONTROL

Alfanar Precast; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DAR Engineering in Saudi Arabia seeks a Cost Controller to oversee project expenditures, maintain budgets, and ensure alignment with financial guidelines. You will create tender budgets in SAP, analyze requirements, and provide cost forecasts throughout the project lifecycle.

Key duties include monitoring costs, reporting overruns early, and collaborating with Finance to verify estimates and develop savings opportunities. Experience with dashboards and cross-department coordination is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in project cost management and cost control processes.
• Familiarity with SAP-based budgeting and cost tracking.
• Ability to prepare detailed project estimates and cost structures.

Responsibilities

• Create project cost structures and tender budgets in SAP.
• Analyze requirements and prepare detailed estimates to complete.
• Reconcile budget revisions with Finance and verify cost data.
• Monitor and report project costs to prevent overruns.
• Develop forecasting reports and cashflow forecasts throughout project lifecycle.
• Coordinate with departments to develop dashboard reports for stakeholders.
• Provide periodic cost reports and adjust plans based on deliverables.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities to maximize profitability.

Skills

Cost control

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cashflow analysis

Dashboard coordination

Stakeholder reporting

Tools

SAP

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DAR Engineering, a leading design & engineering consulting organization in Saudi Arabia engaged in Power Generation, Electrical Transmission & Distribution, Health Care & High Rise Buildings

Job Purpose

Oversee and manage costs associated with projects to ensure they stay within the allocated budget and financial guidelines

Functional Responsibilities

• Create project cost structures/breakdowns (tender budget) on SAP to ensure the implementation of cost control procedures.
• Analyze project requirements and prepare the detailed estimate to complete.
• Reconciliate/analyze project budget revisions closely with the finance department, increasingly in a consultancy role for verification of estimates (actual cost, plan POC, actual POC, etc.).

Cost Monitoring & Control:

• Monitor & track project costs to ensure they align with the budget.
• Identify and report potential cost overruns in a timely manner and use forecasting tools to anticipate future expenditures.
• Develop and implement cost-saving strategies to maximize project profitability.
• Create & maintain updated detailed project cashflows and forecast reports based on trend analysis throughout the project lifecycle.
• Analyze project cost reports & establish reporting frequency on project-to-project stakeholders based on the criticality of deliverables on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.
• Analyze project cost & establish reporting frequency on a project based on the criticality of the deliverables.
• Coordinate with other departments for the accuracy/development of dashboard reports.

General Responsibilities

• Ability to obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the job
• To have a vision and a plan for the career path and how to achieve it.

Delivery:

• Perform the planned activities to meet the operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.
• Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.
• Provide a periodic report formatted by detailing the deviation and execution of planned tasks.

Problem-Solving:

• Solve any related problems arise and escalate any complex operational issues.

Quality:

• Ensure quality requirements to develop effective quality control and processes including specifications for products or processes or related activities.

Business Process Improvements:

• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.

Compliance:

• Comply to related policy and procedures and work instructions.

Health, Safety, and Environment:

• Ensure compliance of relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within defined area of work activity to guarantee safety, legislative compliance, and delivery of high-quality products/services.