Senior Cost Manager (Building)

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Provide accurate estimation and cost planning advice
• Allocation of appropriate estimating resources to various tasks.
• Prepare, support in the preparation and review of cost estimation for Projects in pursuit.
• Ensuring all proposals are subject to proper adjudication.
• Fulfil the role of Team leader, including coordination and supervision of others
• Close liaison and arrange meetings with other departments in the Clients office for various estimation and benchmarking tasks.
• Managing relationships with client stakeholders.
• Providing staff with guidance and training on their job responsibilities.
• Provision of general support information to estimators
• Create project costings and budgets from clear objectives.
• Demonstrable understanding of client's key objectives with the appropriate sector
• Manage a team and provide continuous development
• Analysing project data efficiently
• Setting up and managing workshops to achieve the required cost savings
• Assuming a leading role in setting objectives and priorities, working as a proactive team player
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects; liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
• Undertaking cost management services with limited supervision
• Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
• Providing support to the team leader/service leaders in cost management of project
• Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

• BSc in quantity surveying
• Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• A minimum of twelve years technical delivery experience gained within a global consultancy firm
• Pre and post-contract experience
• Abu Dhabi experience
• Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a can-do attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible