Opening For Senior Cost Manager In Riyadh

Currie & Brown
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The Role
Currie & Brown has a range of opportunities across its Middle East offices and is currently looking for highly professional western senior commercial managers (associate directors) for a temporary assignment based in Riyadh.

The successful candidate(s) will support project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as preferred service provider.

Responsibilities for the successful candidate(s) will include:

Providing accurate cost advice and reporting to our clients
Managing, leading and co-ordinating a team of cost mangers within a live project environment
Efficiently analysing existing project data
Setting up and managing workshops to achieve the required cost savings
Providing ad-hoc high level strategic proposals as and when required
Delivering projects, commissions and professional assignments
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 commercial management services with limited supervision
Delivering all work outputs in an accurately and timely manner
Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships in true partnership

Currie & Brown is one of the world’s leading physical assets management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the management and utilisation of their physical assets, and is differentiated by innovation, expertise and experience.

Requirements
The successful candidate(s) must meet the following requirements:

BSc degree in quantity surveying or equivalent
Membership of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
A minimum of 15 years’ technical delivery experience gained within a global construction consultancy
Pre- and post-contract experience
Middle East experience
Good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills (both internal and external)
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
Experience of a variety of sectors, including residential, retail, education, infrastructure, commercial and leisure projects in excess of $1 billion
Experience of managing and leading cost management teams within a live project environment

About the Company
Currie & Brown is one of the worlds leading asset management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the management and utilisation of their physical assets and is differentiated by innovation, expertise and experience.

We operate throughout the world and have offices in North America, Central America, Europe, the Middle East, India and the Far East.