Lead Cost Engineer

Sccsinternational; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Hill International is recruiting a Lead Cost Engineer for an infrastructure project in Saudi Arabia, heading a team of cost engineers and shaping the cost engineering strategy used across the project.

Duties include preparing cost estimates for materials, labour and plant, reviewing designs, specifications and contracts for their cost consequences, and monitoring expenditure across the project lifecycle with corrective actions as needed.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, construction management or related field.
• Minimum of twenty years in cost engineering, with prior service as a lead cost engineer or in a comparable senior post.
• Experience with cost estimating software CostX and strong analytical capacity.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost engineering team and set cost strategy across the project.
• Prepare cost estimates for materials, labour and plant.
• Review designs, specifications and contracts for their cost consequences.
• Monitor expenditure across the project lifecycle and implement corrective actions.
• Prepare cost reports, forecasts and financial analyses for stakeholders.
• Mentor junior cost engineers.

Skills

Cost engineering

Team leadership

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in engineering or construction management

Tools

CostX

Job description

Hill International is recruiting a Lead Cost Engineer for one of its infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia. The post leads a team of cost engineers and sets the cost engineering strategy, methods and working practices used across the project.

Duties run from preparing cost estimates covering:

• material
• labour and plant
• through reviewing designs
• specifications and contracts for their cost consequences
• to monitoring expenditure across the project lifecycle
• putting corrective action in place

The holder prepares cost reports, forecasts and financial analyses for project stakeholders, and works with project managers so that cost sits inside project planning rather than alongside it. Mentoring junior cost engineers forms part of the role.

The employer asks for a degree in engineering, construction management or a related field and a minimum of twenty years in cost engineering, with earlier service as a lead cost engineer or in a comparable senior post, preferably on project management consultancy infrastructure work. Cost estimating software is named, CostX among it, together with analytical skill and the capacity to run several projects at once.

The employer treats familiarity with the local construction market and its regulations as an advantage rather than a requirement. No pay figure is published and the board states no closing date.

How to apply

Applications are made to the employer directly. The link below opens the employer's own posting, which is the only place this vacancy is published and the only place its terms are stated.

The details above are taken from the employer's own posting, read on 21-08-2026. Where the posting does not state something, this page says so rather than estimating it. SCCSI is not the employer, is not a recruitment agency and takes no part in the selection.