Associate - Post Contract Services

Job description / Role

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration through conceptualization to realization of planning, design, or project delivery in the built and natural environments.

For over 60 years, we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences, and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 57th largest global architecture firm and the number one firm in the Middle East Region in their 2023 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you'll discover more than just a job - you'll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counseling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun runs, in-house sports teams, and beach clean-ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits, you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards, mentoring and coaching programs, and extensive in-house on-demand learning courses.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for an Associate - Post Contract Services to join our award-winning allied practice, C-Quest.

C-Quest: The Middle East's number one cost consultant of the year. For over 24 years, C-Quest has been a driving force in shaping iconic skylines and sustainable communities across the Middle East. As an award-winning project development and cost consultancy firm, we specialize in delivering tailored, innovative, and sustainable solutions that optimize cost efficiency and commercial excellence across construction and infrastructure projects. With a team of over 100 industry experts, we provide end-to-end project support, ensuring seamless execution from inception to completion. Backed by KEO's legacy of expertise and integrated services, C-Quest maintains an independent, client-first approach, ensuring projects are delivered on budget and aligned with sustainability goals.

The Associate will represent the firm in its dealings with all relevant parties, from award throughout the entire course of the construction activities for a range of large-scale projects. We are looking for a dynamic individual with extensive experience in post contract management and experience on a range of mixed-use and infrastructure projects.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Preparation and submission of cost breakdown analysis for monthly financial reports.
• Support the evaluation and agreement of monthly valuations with contractors.
• Participate in the compilation and agreement of final re-measurements with contractors.
• Management of variations, including estimating proposed instructions and obtaining estimates from contractors.
• Checking, assessing, and managing contractors' claims submissions, providing advice to employers.
• Delay analysis, evaluation, and making recommendations on contractors' claims for extensions of time.
• Preparation and presentation of monthly financial reports and participation in infrastructure commercial meetings.
• Providing formal supervision to individual employees within a single functional or operational area.
• Planning and monitoring appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor.
• Mentoring and coaching team members to further develop competencies.
• Providing guidance and training to project staff on commercial issues.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envisage that you will bring a minimum of 15 years of experience gained within a consultancy environment. A bachelor's degree in quantity surveying and chartered, MRICS, or equivalent.

• Proven experience to effectively plan, lead, organize, and optimize the performance of teams across multiple locations.
• Excellent communication skills across the board with the ability to write reports and presentations.
• The ability to make effective and persuasive presentations on complex topics to employees, clients, top management, and/or public groups.
• Expert level analytical and quantitative skills with proven experience in developing strategic solutions with the ability to develop collaborative relationships across the firm, with clients and other key stakeholders, to achieve business results and improve client outcomes.
• In-depth knowledge of financial terms and principles with the ability to calculate complex figures and forecast and prepare budgets.
• Extensive GCC market knowledge, especially with respect to UAE and KSA markets.

KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety, and our people. We embrace diversity and recognize its contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.

About the Company

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.