Associate - Cost Management
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About the Role
AECOM is seeking an experienced cost management professional with minimum 12 years in construction, including 5 years in Dubai/Middle East. The role involves pre-contract management, cost estimation, value engineering, and leading teams on high-profile landmark projects.
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Responsibilities
- Manage projects and resources according to the requirements of the project and act as primary point of contact for clients on mid and large scale projects
- Accountable for a variety of deliverables throughout the lifecycle of multiple projects
- Accountable for briefing the team on project scopes to ensure roles and responsibilities are understood
- Manages quality control and ensures all procedures are complied with
- Manages benchmarking, data collection, internal reporting
- Mentors junior member staff to enable career development
- Monitors and manages the performance of direct reports
Requirements
- Minimum 12 years in the construction industry, including minimum of 5 years in Dubai or the Middle East
- Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering or other Construction related field
- Chartered RICS Membership (MRICS)
- Experience in a range of asset types, ideally High End Residential, Commercial and Hospitality projects
- Experience in leading projects with large CAPEX values exceeding US$ 200 million
- Ability to take ownership and lead work under minimal direction on all stages of pre contract phase
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Company Description
- At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm.
Job Description
- Experienced cost management professional with minimum 12 years in the construction industry, including minimum of 5 years in Dubai or the Middle East.
- Ideally involved mainly in Pre Contract roles, having managed high profile landmark projects and has led teams of larger than 6.
- Experience in a range of asset types, ideally High End Residential, Commercial and Hospitality projects.
- Experience in leading projects with large CAPEX values exceeding US$ 200 million.
- Ability to take ownership and lead work under minimal direction on all stages of pre contract phase, for measurement, feasibility studies, cost estimation, value engineering, market testing.
- Ability to provide advisory on procurement strategies, tender analysis, contractor selection.
- Manages projects and resources according to the requirements of the project and acts as primary point of contact for clients on mid and large scale projects.
- Accountable for a variety of deliverables throughout the lifecycle of multiple projects.
- Accountable for briefing the team on project scopes to ensure roles and responsibilities are understood.
- Manages quality control and ensures all procedures are complied with.
- Manages benchmarking, data collection, internal reporting.
- Mentors junior member staff to enable career development.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering or other Construction related field.
- Chartered RICS Membership (MRICS)
- Minimum 12 years post graduate
- Minimum 5 years in the Middle East
About AECOM
- AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world.
- AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2024.
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