JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

- Degree in relevant discipline

Essential Criteria

- In-depth knowledge and experience commercial management of projects at both pre-& post contract stage
- Middle East construction market experience in last 4-5 years preferable
- Middle East construction experience added benefit, delivery experience in Saudi Arabia would be a differentiator
- Good contract, commercial and financial understanding, minimum 15 years post qualification experience
- Excellent written English for preparation of task orders, contract letters and communications
- Good negotiation skills to agree sub-contracts with third parties
- Previous experience in government departments/client-side roles
- Large company & project financial control systems use & understanding
- Large company's internal governance procedures will be an added factor
- Good attention to detail and ability to review invoices and contracts prior to issue

Desirable Criteria

- Professional Membership (MICE, MRICS, MCIPS)
- Knowledge of KSA contract law
- Knowledge of MCIPS

The Individual

- Degree in Quantity Surveying from recognised University
- Must have previous experience of FIDIC Contracts
- Strong contractual, commercial and financial knowledge
- Min 15 years pre and/or post-contract relevant capacity in contracts and commercial management
- Must have consultant and/or client background for minimum of 10 years
- Must have minimum of 4 years Middle East experience preferred
- Project management acumen
- Good communication skills
- At will with Client's presentations / submissions regarding cost management deliverables
- Politically aware
- Team player, team leader

Rewards & Benefits:

We offer an excellent package which includes:

- A competitive salary
- Transportation allowance
- Medical and life insurance cover
- Annual leave
- Medical and life insurance cover
- Company gratuity scheme
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual flight allowance to point of origin

SNC Lavalin's Faithful+Gould business is one of the world's leading integrated project and programme management consultancies; with over 2,400 professionals operating worldwide. Our aim is to protect and maximise our clients' interests throughout the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget. We pride ourselves on collaborating with client teams and developing long-term relationships.

Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting - and then developing - brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It's precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.

Acquired by SNC Lavalin in 2017, we also have an extensive depth of geographic exposure across 50 countries and the breadth of 53,000 experts. As one of the largest engineering contractors, we have access to 17,000 staff in the Middle East making us one of the largest multidisciplinary consultancies in the region.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

SNC Lavalin’s Faithful+Gould business is one of the world’s leading integrated project and programme management consultancies, with over 2,400 professionals operating worldwide.

Our aim is to protect and maximize our clients’ interests throughout the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget. We pride ourselves on collaborating with client teams and developing long-term relationships.

Key services include - Project management, programme management, project controls, commercial management, cost management and expert scheduling and construction planning.

Our industry is going through a digital transformation and we have been investing in and pioneering digital methods to improve all aspects of our service. We have focused our digital transformation around platform modernization and product development and through standardization and automation, we are achieving efficiencies that are directly passed on our clients who benefit from a consistent quality of service as well as the savings.

Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting – and then developing – brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It’s precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.