Associate Director - Cost Management
AECOM
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Dubai
Contract type: Full time
Company Description
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At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
Job Summary
The Associate Director will provide leadership and be responsible for leading and managing delivery of Commercial and Cost Management services of Major High-End Residential and Commercial Projects both in Pre-Contract and Post-Contract stages.
The Associate Director will provide a comprehensive, accurate and value driven service for Clients. He/ She will also be responsible for direct reports and provide support and supervision. Will be Client focused and lead project teams and/or provide advisory services.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Leading and managing a team of professionals and specialists for successful delivery of cost and commercial management services.
- Achieve the highest standards of professional competence, maintain and develop good relationships with clients, take every opportunity to uphold and increase the profile of the firm as a provider of professional, premium quality services to the construction industry.
- Interprets Benchmark data and presents to Clients
- Presents project deliverables to Clients
- Complies with all QA requirements
- Applies new thinking and innovation that shapes the businesses service offering at the highest level.
- Assists in developing new and existing clients of regional and EMEA wide significance.
- Assists in establishing the strategic focus areas for the end market sectors.
- Assists in establishing the financial plan for the regional business.
- Accountable for the financial performance of a portion of the business.
- Contributes and influences AECOM wide strategic direction and communicates and creates buy-in to the strategy across the business.
- Good understanding of preparing cost plans to elemental detail
- Through understanding of Conditions of Contract and contractual issues
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to provide specialist services in support of project requirements
- Independently performs highly complex professional assignments
- Able to present to Clients and senior industry professionals
- Familiar with Cost X software or other cost planning software
- A qualified professional who can manage and coordinate specialist activities of a moderately sized team
- Pro-active and adaptable
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Committed to maintaining a high standards and accuracy of work
- Attention to detail
- Safeguard - To operate ethically and with integrity, while prioritising safety and security in all that you do
- Be decisive - Know how to prioritize, advocate focus and accountability
- Be impactful - Use clear and frequent communications, drive execution and results.
- Be client-focused - Be collaborative, innovative and strategic.
- Be the role model - Lead by example, demand excellence, maintain safety and integrity as top priorities.
- Minimum 15 years' experience since obtaining maximum educational qualification.
- Experience of working in GCC, ideally in major consultancies and major high-end residential and commercial projects.
- MIRCS qualified
Additional Information
About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10118102
Business Line: PCC
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: ME and Africa
Career Area: Survey & Estimation
Work Location Model: On-Site
Legal Entity: AECOM MIDDLE EAST LIMITED DUBAI BRANCH
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