Senior Cost Manager: Lead Project Commercial & Change

Savills Group; Riyadh; Presencial; SAR 250.000 - 420.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Savills Group in Saudi Arabia seeks a senior professional to lead project cost management and the commercial workstream from mobilisation through final account. You will advise on payments, changes, claims, forecasting, procurement and risk across multiple work packages.

Bring 8+ years of cost and commercial management experience, with familiarity in KSA or GCC projects, and Chartered status preferred. Strong Excel, reporting, and stakeholder communication are essential.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering or a related discipline.

Responsabilidades

• Lead project cost control, commercial governance, reporting and coordination with client, project management and site supervision teams.
• Establish cost management procedures, change-control protocols, payment workflows, reporting templates and commercial registers.
• Review and recommend interim payment applications based on verified progress and contractual entitlement.
• Lead the assessment, negotiation and recommendation of variations, claims, provisional sums and commercial settlements.
• Prepare and maintain cost reports, commitments, accruals, cash-flow forecasts, anticipated final cost and risk/opportunity allowances.
• Provide contractual and commercial advice, including support on notices, delay events, extension-of-time matters and dispute avoidance.
• Review contractor quotations, rates, build-ups, quantities and supporting records; challenge unsupported or non-compliant submissions.
• Support procurement, tender evaluations, commercial clarifications, negotiations and award recommendations where required.
• Manage final measurement, close-out of changes and agreement of final accounts with complete supporting documentation.
• Lead and mentor cost managers, allocate workload and ensure consistent, auditable commercial records.
• Present concise commercial dashboards and recommendations to senior client stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Cost management

Commercial governance

Change control

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Excel reporting

FIDIC contracts

MS Office

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Mentoring

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or Civil Engineering

Herramientas

Excel

Cost systems

Project controls software

Descripción del empleo

Savills Group in Saudi Arabia seeks a senior professional to lead project cost management and the commercial workstream from mobilisation through final account. You will advise on payments, changes, claims, forecasting, procurement and risk across multiple work packages.

Bring 8+ years of cost and commercial management experience, with familiarity in KSA or GCC projects, and Chartered status preferred. Strong Excel, reporting, and stakeholder communication are essential.