Senior Cost Manager

JLL


Date: 1 week ago
City: Abu Dhabi
Contract type: Full time
Role Purpose:

We are currently looking for a Senior Cost Manager to work on a range of high-profile project in UAE.

What this job involves:

Provide support to cost and commercial leadership in the delivery of pre and post contract services.

  • Manage and update project budgets.
  • Provide pre contract cost management including:
  • Prepare and present cost plans for the various work stages including pre-tender estimates on mega schemes for primary and secondary infrastructure, various types of hospitality, residential, recreational, commercial assets. Advise on project construction costs, risks and contingencies, and construction inflation.
  • Prepare cashflow forecasts in line with development master schedules.
  • Participate in meetings and workshops with Clients and design consultants and advise on cost of various design alternatives.
  • Review detailed quantity measurements, BOQs compilation in accordance with approved method of measurement (such as POMI, CESSM, NRM, etc.), including preliminaries and general requirements.
  • Prepare vendor prequalification documentation and score vendor submissions from financial/cost aspect in line with Client’s requirements.
  • Prepare tender documents in line with Client’s requirements and provide responses to tenderers’ commercial queries.
  • Participate and provide cost input for value engineering workshops at the various design stages.
  • Review tender returns and prepare commercial tender evaluation including spike/low rates, side-by-side comparisons, and for compliance with tender requirements where required by the Client.
  • Assist client in negotiations with preferred bidders.
  • Prepare notice of award / letter of acceptance.
  • Compile Contract Documents.

Key Competencies

  • 10 years of post-qualification experience.
  • Good report writing and communication skills.
  • Fluency in English both verbal & written communication.
  • Advanced working knowledge of MS Office, AutoCAD and CostX.
  • Excellent resource, planning, and time management skills
  • University degree in subject matter (eg; BSc Engineering, Quantity Surveying or equivalent) full time basis.
  • MRICS would be advantageous but not essential.

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