Cost Manager - Arabic Speaking

Menasa & Partners

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Ref: MP552-1002

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client is an international consultancy, they have a requirement for an experienced Cost Manager to join their team on a buildings project in Jeddah. Candidates applying for this role must have a bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying and have a minimum 10 years post graduate experience. Due to the religious nature of the area, candidates applying for this role must be Muslim.

Responsibilities
• Assist with the execution of estimates, plus the delivery to the clients.
• Prepares and issues periodic cost reports to senior technical staff.
• Reviews and prepare cash flow and issues to senior technical staff.
• With minimal supervision, reviews all change orders in accordance with the client’s approval process.
• Reviews all invoices for the project and ensures that junior technical staff codes the invoices where applicable and forwards them to the client’s accounts payable department.
• With minimal supervision, provides procurement services for the client, where applicable, for construction and engineering services, including preparing RFP and bid analysis.
• Where applicable, overviews and reports to the client on contractor buyout of subcontract bid packages.
• Review payment requisitions, walk the project, assess percentage of work complete with the project team and make recommendations.
• Attends cost meetings to review procurement status and change order status with the contractors and engineering teams.
• Attend and chair project, cost and other meetings as required.
• With minimal supervision, provides cost information on value engineering analysis.
• Reviews the contractors close out administration and ensures that they meet their contractual requirements.

Requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying
• Minimum ten years post graduate experience
• Minimum 5 years experience in the GCC
• Fluent in Arabic, reading and writing
• Candidates applying for this role must be Muslim

About the Company

The name MENASA originates from both the geographical region of Middle East, North Africa & South Asia as well as the Arabic word for platform or stage. We provide the platform for employers to approach the best global talent available.

Menasa & Partners is a privately owned, fully licensed, Executive Search company head-quartered in Dubai, UAE.

From our head office in Dubai we are ideally placed to assist organizations in the global search for talent.

We specialize in providing companies not only with suitable individuals to work in their organizations but also offer unparalleled knowledge of the global markets.

Our staff all have in depth knowledge of their vertical markets therefore offering tailored strategic advice.

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