Lead Cost Manager

Summary

Join Turner & Townsend's team in Tabuk, KSA, as a Lead Cost Manager. This remote role requires extensive experience in infrastructure, real estate, and energy/natural resources cost management. Responsibilities include pre- and post-contract quantity surveying, cost estimating, procurement, tendering, and client interaction. You will lead a cost management team, manage cost variances, and produce regular cost reports. The ideal candidate possesses a BSc in a related field, 15+ years of relevant experience, professional membership (MRICS), and excellent communication skills. Experience in the Middle East is preferred.

Requirements

• Detailed knowledge of and experience in the real estate / infrastructure / energy / natural resources sector working for a professional cost consultancy
• Excellent measurement capability for infrastructure/building works, accuracy and efficiency are essential
• Experience of interim applications, change management, variation valuation and extension of time claims
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering
• Demonstrable experience in client-facing roles, professional approach and confidence in presenting to clients, other consultants and project stakeholders
• BSc in related subject or equivalent
• Minimum 15 years in relevant work experience, ideally in a consultancy
• Professional membership i.e. MRICS
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Ability to manage teams of between 5 and 10
• Must be able to present and communicate effectively and represent a stand-alone package of works
• Must be a self-starter who is proactive in the resolution of programme wide issues

Responsibilities

• Responsible for pre and post-contract quantity surveying duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc
• Completing feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, putting the preliminaries together, 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 referring major changes to line manager
• 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 monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in the Middle East is preferable