Senior Cost Manager - Electrical

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

• This role will primarily support projects with significant MEP components across various sectors.
• To provide excellent service delivery to clients gain their trust and enhance our reputation.
• To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover.

KEY EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Detailed knowledge of and experience in the Infrasctructure or RE sector working for a professional cost consultancy.
• Experience of precontract services from feasibility through to tendering measurement of building works for estimating report writing and preparation of Bills of Quantities and tender documentation.
• Experience of different procurement methods single stage two stage and design and build preferred.
• Experience of postcontract services interim applications change management variation valuation and extension of time claims.
• Detailed experience of working with standard form contracts FIDIC preferred and administration of contract procedures.
• Demonstrable experience in clientfacing roles professional approach and confidence in presenting to clients other consultants and project stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience in dealing with contractors personnel with confidence and assurance.
• Report writing Estimate reports Cost reports Procurement reports and Tender reports.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• Production of full Bills of Quantities and tender documentation.
• Tendering and procuring including managing the prequalification stage producing the tender list preparing preambles and preliminaries tender queries tender analysis producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents.
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes where applicable.
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place.
• Producing precontract postcontract and adhoc reports and presenting them to the client.
• Negotiating with contractors and agreeing final accounts.
• Interfacing with the client contractors and other consultants at all project stages.
• Where appropriate leading a cost management team ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities.

Qualifications :

• Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering Quantity Surveying or similar.
• Minimum 7 years experience in similar roles.
• Prior UAE experience is essential.
• Prior consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters such as different procurement routes value management and value engineering.
• Knowledge of CostX preferred.
• Knowledge of BIM preferred.

Additional Information :

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime